American popular music : new approaches to the twentieth century / edited by Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick.
Rubin, Rachel, 1964-; Melnick, Jeffrey Paul.
2001
ML3477 .A42 2001 (Mapit)
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Title American popular music : new approaches to the twentieth century / edited by Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick.
ISBN 9781558492684 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1558492682 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781558492677 (alk. paper)
1558492674 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Amherst [MA] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2001.
Language English
Description viii, 280 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number ML3477 .A42 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 781.64/0973
Summary Designed as a broad introductory survey, and written by experts in the field, this book examines the rise of American music over the past hundred years--the period in which that music came into its own and achieved unprecedented popularity. Beginning with a look at music as a business, eleven essays explore a variety of musical genres, including Tin Pan Alley, blues, jazz, country, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, folk, rap, and Mexican American corridos. Reading these essays, we come to see that the forms created by one group often appeal to, and are in turn influenced by, other groups, across lines of race, ethnicity, class, gender, region, and age. The chapters speak to one another, arguing for the primacy of such concepts as minstrelsy, urbanization, hybridity, and crossover as the most powerful tools for understanding American popular music.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Author Rubin, Rachel, 1964-
Melnick, Jeffrey Paul.
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They work hard for their money: the business of popular music / David Sanjek
Tin Pan Alley and the Black-Jewish nation / Jeffrey Melnick
How I got to Memphis: the blues and the study of American culture / James Smethurst
Listening to jazz / Geoffrey Jacques
Sing me back home: nostalgia, Bakersfield, and modern Country music / Rachel Rubin
Off the charts: outrage and exclusion in the eruption of rock and roll / Reebee Garofalo
Another man is beating my time: gender and sexuality in rhythm and blues / Mark Anthony Neal
One hundred years of Black Gospel quartet singing / Kip Lornell
Contextualizing rap / Gail Hilson Woldu
The folk revival: beyond Child's canon and Sharp's song catching / Millie Rahn
Polka contrabandista: Mexican ballads in the modern age / Elijah Wald.

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