Southern History Remixed : On Rock 'n' Roll and the Dilemma of Race / Michael T. Bertrand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertrand, Michael T., 1961- author.

Series:

Southern Dissent Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--Social aspects--Southern States.

Rock music.

Rock music--Southern States--History and criticism.

Popular music--Social aspects--Southern States.

Popular music.

Music and race--Southern States--History.

Music and race.

Southern States--Race relations--History.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2024]

Summary:

This book spotlights the key role of popular music in the shaping of the United States South from the late nineteenth century to the era of rock 'n' roll, showing how the region's musical activities reveal deep histories of racial tensions in southern culture.

Contents:

Preface: Another Cause Lost? The South, the Gift of Black Music, and the Myth of the "White Man's Country"

Mr. Cole Don't Rock 'n' Roll: The Pivotal Moment in Microcosm

The Search for the Southern Past: A Musical Odyssey

Remixing the Master, Restoring the Music: The Central Theme of Southern History Reconsidered

Country Music Goes to War: Southern Identity and the Problem of the Color/Culture Line

Interlude: "Strange Things Happening Every Day"

"Everybody's Station": Black Radio, the White South, and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll

"This Ain't No Vaudeville!" On the Shared Stage of Rock 'n' Roll and Civil Rights in the Postwar South

Afterword: Implications and Possibilities: Rock 'n' Roll as Southern History

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-7105-4

0-8130-7065-1

0-8130-7310-3