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Indian blues : American Indians and the politics of music, 1879-1934 / John W. Troutman.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 98 .D2 T76 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Troutman, John William.
- Series:
- New directions in Native American studies ; v. 3.
- New directions in Native American studies ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian dance--North America--History--20th century.
- Indian dance.
- Indians of North America--Music--History and criticism.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
- Popular music--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Off-reservation boarding schools--North America--History--20th century.
- Off-reservation boarding schools.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Indians of North America--Music.
- Manners and customs.
- Race relations.
- North America.
- Genre:
- Music.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2009.
- Summary:
- From the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, the U.S. government sought to control practices of music on reservations and in Indian boarding schools. At the same time, Native singers, dancers, and musicians created new opportunities through musical performance to resist and manipulate those same policy initiatives. John W. Troutman explores the politics of music at the turn of the twentieth century in three spheres: reservations, off-reservation boarding schools, and public venues such as concert halls and Chautauqua circuits. --from publisher description.
- Contents:
- The citizenship of dance : politics of music in the reservation environment
- The "dance evil" : cultural performance, the press, and federal Indian policy
- The sounds of "civilization" : music and the assimilation campaign in federal Indian boarding schools
- Learning the music of Indianness
- Hitting the road : professional native musicians in the early twentieth century
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-314) and index.
- Western History Association W. Turrentine Jackson Award, 2011.
- Local Notes:
- The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780806140193
- 0806140194
- OCLC:
- 252919874
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- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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