Our Subversive Voice : The History and Politics of English Protest Songs, 1600-2020 / John Street [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Street, John, 1897-1972, author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in protest, power, and resistance ; Volume 8.

McGill-Queen's Studies in Protest, Power, and Resistance Series ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Our Subversive Voice establishes the protest song as a mode of political communication. Covering five centuries in England's history, from street ballads and art song to grime, hymns, music hall, and punk, this book explores the causes that protest songs adopt, the conditions that give rise to them, and the institutions that have suppressed them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Figures

Acknowledgements

Authors’ Note

INTRODUCTION

1 PROTEST (AND) SONG’S LONG HISTORY

2 THE PROTEST SONG AS POLITICS AND POLITICAL THEORY

3 THE PROTEST SONG AS RHETORIC AND ORATORY

4 PERFORMING PROTEST AND CLAIMING REPRESENTATION

5 PRODUCING THE PROTEST SONG

6 THE REGULATION AND REPRESSION OF THE PROTEST SONG

CONCLUSION

Notes

Index of Songs

General Index

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228024026

0228024021

9780228024019

0228024013

OCLC:

1490380569