What Will I Be: American Music and Cold War Identity

ISBN-13: 9780190299590 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 200 str.

Philip M. Gentry

Opis

What Shall I Be follows the transformation of American music in the Cold War era-from Doris Day to John Cage, doo-wop to Asian American cabaret-and the rise of identity as a site of political activity.

Recenzje

Gentry (Univ. of Delaware) provides a thoughtful analysis of musical processes of identity in the US during the Cold War period... Readers will appreciate Gentry's thorough assessment of methodologies and his nuanced interpretations... Highly recommended.

O autorze

Philip M. Gentry writes about music and politics in the United States. Originally from the Bay Area, he earned his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is currently assistant professor of music history at the University of Delaware, and lives in Philadelphia.