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Living politics, making music : the writings of Jan Fairley / edited by Simon Frith, Stan Rijven and Ian Christie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fairley, Jan, author.
- Series:
- Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World music--History and criticism.
- World music.
- Popular music--Chile--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--Political aspects--Chile--History--20th century.
- Popular music--Cuba--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The late Jan Fairley (1949-2012) was a key figure in making world music a significant topic for popular music studies and this book celebrates her contribution to popular music scholarship by gathering her most important work together in a single place. The result is a richly informed and entertaining volume that will be of interest to all scholars in the field while also serving as an excellent introduction for students interested in popular music as a global phenomenon. This is inspiring as well as essential reading.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Jan Fairley, World Music and Popular Music Studies; Introduction: Jan Fairley and the Circuits of Journalism; Part I Nueva Canción: Writings on Chile; 1 La Nueva Canción Latinoamericana (1984); 2 Alive and Performing in Latin America: An Essay Review (1988); 3 Analysing Performance: Narrative and Ideology in Concerts by ¡Karaxú! (1989); 4 Inti-Illimani: Living a Life through Making Music (2002); Part II Making Sense of World Music; 5 The 'Local' and 'Global' in Popular Music (2001); 6 Ports of Call
- 7 The Songlines Guides8 There is a Place Where Music Really Does Change Lives ... El Sistema (2012); Part III Writings on Cuba; 9 'Ay Díos, Ampárame' ('O God, Protect Me'); 10 Dancing Back to Front: Regeton, Sexuality, Gender and Transnationalism in Cuba (2006); 11 Control Shift (2010); Part IV Profiles of Music-makers; 12 Profiles from fRoots; Afterword: Thanks to Life: Jan Fairley, Musical Scholar and Activist; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-59279-7
- 1-317-10396-3
- 1-317-10395-5
- 1-4724-1417-9
- 9781315592794
- OCLC:
- 874322423
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