Music and social movements : mobilizing traditions in the twentieth century / Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eyerman, Ron, author.

Jamison, Andrew, author.

Series:

Cambridge cultural social studies.

Cambridge cultural social studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--History--20th century.

Music.

Social movements--History--20th century.

Social movements.

Political sociology--History--20th century.

Political sociology.

Popular culture--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

Music--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 191 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Music & Social Movements

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Building on their studies of sixties culture and theory of cognitive praxis, Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison examine the mobilization of cultural traditions and formulation of new collective identities through the music of activism. They combine a sophisticated theoretical argument with historical-empirical studies of nineteenth-century populists and twentieth-century labour and ethnic movements, focusing on the interrelations between music and social movements in the United States and the transfer of those experiences to Europe. Specific chapters examine folk and country music, black music, music of the 1960s movements, and music of the Swedish progressive movement. This highly readable book is among the first to link the political sociology of social movements to cultural theory.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 On social movements and culture; Social movements and cultural transformation; Political movements or cultural movements?; Sociology and culture; The cultural turn in social movement theory; Culture as cognitive praxis; 2 Taking traditions seriously; What is tradition?; The dialectic of tradition; The role of ritual; Where do traditions come from?; Social movements and the mobilization of traditions; Music and cultural change; 3 Making an alternative popular culture: from populism to the popular front

Music and social movements in the United StatesThe populist heritage; Twentieth-century populisms: country music and the Wobblies; Between movements: Lomax and Sandburg; The songs of the popular front; The Movement personified: Guthrie, Seeger, Lomax; From the thirties to the nineties; 4 The movements of black music: from the New Negro to civil rights; The secular and the sacred: blues and gospel; The New Negro movement; Between movements: bebop and gospel; The mobilization of music in the civil rights movement; From civil rights to rap; 5 Politics and music in the 1960s; Contextual factors

Music in movementThe folk revival as a social movement; The dialectic of Dylan and Ochs; The appropriation of the blues: Janis and Jimi; Conclusions; 6 From the sixties to the nineties: the case of Sweden; What was the Swedish music movement?; The Swedish context; The sources of the movement; The demise of the movement; Conclusions; 7 Structures of feeling and cognitive praxis; Structures of feeling and cultural transformation; Dimensions of cognitive praxis; Music and social movements; Notes; 3 Making an alternative popular culture: from populism to the popular front

4 The movements of black music: from the New Negro to civil rights5 Politics and music in the 1960s; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-93058-3

1-139-38256-X

1-322-06598-5

1-139-92957-7

1-139-93699-9

1-139-93177-6

1-139-93379-5

1-139-93930-0

0-511-62813-7