The Political Force of Musical Beauty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shank, Barry.

Series:

Refiguring american music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity in the performing arts.

Music--Political aspects.

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Local Subjects:

Group identity in the performing arts.

Music--Political aspects.

Music--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Political Force of Musical Beauty, Barry Shank shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Rather than focusing on the ways in which music enables the circulation of political messages, he argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Prelude; Chapter One. Listening to the Political; Chapter Two. The Anthem and the Condensation of Context; Chapter Three. Turning Inward, Inside Out: Two Japanese Musicians Confront the Limits of Tradition; Chapter Four. "Heroin"; or, The Droning of the Commodity; Chapter Five. The Conundrum of Authenticity and the Limits of Rock; Chapter Six. 1969; or, The Performance of Political Melancholy; Coda: Listening through the Aural Imaginary; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

ISBN:

9780822376750

082237675X

OCLC:

870194521