American folk music as tactical media / by Henry Adam Svec.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svec, Henry Adam, author.

Series:

Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--United States--History and criticism.

Folk music.

United States.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]

Summary:

American folk music has long presented a problematic conception of authenticity, but the reality of the folk scene, and its relationship to media, is far more complicated. This book draws on the fields of media archaeology, performance studies, and sound studies to explore the various modes of communication that can be uncovered from the long American folk revival. From Alan Lomax's cybernetic visions to Bob Dylan's noisy writing machines, this book retrieves a subterranean discourse on the concept of media that might help us to reimagine the potential of the networks in which we work, play, and sing.

Contents:

1 Alan Lomax's Deep Rivers of Digitality 29

2 Pete Seeger's Time-Biased Tactics 53

3 Bob Dylan's Noisy Faces 71

4 A Folk Approach to Imaginary Media 97

5 Another Authentic Folk Is Possible 107

6 American Folk Music as Strategic Media 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789462984943

9462984948

OCLC:

1020017413