Sonic Politics: Music and Social Movements in the Americas

ISBN-13: 9781138389397 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 246 str.

Olaf Kaltmeier; Wilfried Raussert

Opis

This volume analyses the narration of the social through music and the seismographic function of music to detect social problems and envision alternatives.

Spis treści

Introduction – Sonic Politics: Music and the Narration of the Social in the Americas from the 1960s to the Present Chapter 1 – Singing Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution into Being: Collective Political Action and Song" Chapter 2 – African American Music in the Americas – Slavery, Sounds, and Forms of ‘Knowledge’ Chapter 3 – ‘Only a Pawn in their Game?’: Civil Rights Sounding Signatures in the Summer of 1963 Chapter 4 – Inter-Public-Agenda-Setting Effect through Political Activism: The Role of Hip Hop Music in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election Chapter 5 – ‘Calling out around the World’: How Soul Music Transnationalized the African American Freedom Struggle in the Black Power Era (1965-1975) Chapter 6 – ‘Si Una Vez’: Chicana Sensibilities and Xicanista Soundscapes Chapter 7 – Hip Hop in Ciudad Juarez: A Form of Political Participation Chapter 8 – The Fandango Sin Fronteras Movement and Sonic Migrations: Performing Community across Borders Chapter 9 – The Search for a New Collective Epic in Nicaragua’s Post-Revolutionary Music Chapter 10 – Rockin’ for Pachamama: Political Struggle and the Narration of History in Ecuadorian Rock Music Chapter 11 – Punk is Dead. Or is it? Strategies of Subcultural Positioning in the (Re-)Making of the Punk Movement Chapter 12 – Political Pie-Throwing: Dead Kennedys and the Yippie-Punk Continuum