HONK! : a street band Renaissance of music and activism / edited by Reebee Garofalo, Erin T. Allen, and Andrew Snyder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garofalo, Reebee, editor.

Allen, Erin T., editor.

Snyder, Andrew (Ethnomusicologist), editor.

Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bands (Music).

Political participation.

Street music.

Social aspects.

HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands.

Street music--Political aspects.

Street music--Social aspects.

Street music--History and criticism.

Bands (Music)--Political activity.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge : Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"HONK! Music Activism in a Street Band Renaissance reflects on the recent, transnational revival of street bands. It provides a window into diverse manifestations of cultural activity that mobilizes communities to reimagine the public square, protest injustice, and celebrate community. With the joy of participatory music making at its core, HONK bands are a fast-growing phenomena, asserting their activism through "radical inclusion," active musical engagement in street protests, and grassroots organization. This collection of twenty-two essays, voiced in various local contexts, describes how the diversity of manifestations of these movements parallels the rich diversity of the musical repertoires these bands play and share. The HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands began in Somerville, Mass, in 2006 as an independent, non-commercial, street festival, featuring community-based brass and percussion bands. HONK has since spread to three continents. The contributors tackle a diverse range of themes, including circulation of repertoire, innovative musical pedagogies, musical engagement within protest, and various theories of activism, incl. the social dynamics of gender, race, and class. Musicians, activists, and scholars engage with how HONK! Festivals might pursue their goals of "changing the world.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I History and Scope p. 13

1 The Many Roads to HONK! and the Power of Brass and Percussion p. 15 / Reebee Garofalo

2 Autonomous Street Carnival Blocos and Reinventing Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro p. 28 / Laurine Sézérat

3 Jericho's Harvest: A Short History of Brass Bands as a Voice for Political Opposition in Europe p. 41 / Gregg Moore

4 Protest, Polyvalence, and Indirection in Benin's Brass Band Music p. 53 / Sarah Politz

5 Japanese Perspective on HONK! Fest West: A Conversation with Okuma Wataru of Jinta-la-Mvta p. 66 / Marié Abe

Part II Repertoire, Pedagogy, and Performance p. 75

6 Musical Eclecticism, Cultural Appropriation, and Whiteness in Mission Delirium and HONK! p. 77 / Andrew Snyder

7 Learning on Parade with the School of HONK p. 89 / Kevin Leppmann

8 From Page to Performance: Learning a Song in an Italian Multi-Level Activist Brass Band p. 101 / Mario Giuseppe Camporeale

Part III Inclusion and Organization p. 115

9 Leadership, Inclusion, and Group Decision-Making in HONK! Bands p. 117 / Meghan Elizabeth Kallman

10 Building Connections while Maintaining the Band: The Challenging Politics of Inclusion in Activist Work p. 131 / Naomi Podber

11 Horns and Hers: The Subversion of Gendered Instrumentation in the HONK! Movement p. 145 / Becky Liebman

12 Collective Effervescence and the Political Ethos of the HONK! Movement p. 157 / Geoffrey Lee

Part IV Festival Organization and Politics p. 169

13 HONK! and the Politics of Performance in Public Space p. 171 / John Bell

14 Why Do We Honk? How Do We Honk? Politics, Antipolitics, and Activist Street Bands p. 185 / Rosza Daniel Lang/Levitsky and Michele Hardesty

15 Pittonkatonk and Valuing Music as a Public Good p. 199 / Richard Randall

16 The Key of Rest: HONK!'s Hospitality Activism p. 212 / Mike* Antares

Part V On the Front Lines of Protest p. 223

17 Infernal Noise: Sowing a Propaganda of Sound p. 225 / Jennifer Whitney

18 Listening for Lefebvre: Chant Support, Sonic Disobedience, and the City as" Oeuvre" p. 238 / Abigail Ellman

19 Syncopation against the Occupation: Handling High-Risk Situations as an Activist Street Band in Israel-Palestine p. 250 / Iris Arieli

20 Sounding Solidarity at the Suffolk County ICE Immigration Detention Center p. 262 / Erin T. Allen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: HONK!

ISBN:

9780367030711

9780367030704

0367030705

0367030713

OCLC:

1114557444

Publisher Number:

99983898342