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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Pr
Publication date
June 1, 2000
Pages
325
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807825501
ISBN-10
0807825506
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.30 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$73.95
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: In American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but just what constitutes our true musical traditions has often been a matter of debate. As Benjamin Filene reveals, a number of competing visions of America's musical past have vied for influence over the public imagination in this century.
Filene builds his story around a fascinating group of characters--folklorists, record company executives, producers, radio programmers, and publicists--who acted as middlemen between folk and popular culture. These cultural brokers "discovered" folk musicians, recorded them, and promoted them. In the process, Filene argues, they shaped mainstream audiences' understanding of what was "authentic" roots music.
Filene moves beyond the usual boundaries of folk music to consider a wide range of performers who drew on or were drawn into the canon of American roots music--from Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie, to Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, to Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Challenging traditional accounts that would confine folk music revivalism to the 1930s and 1960s, he argues instead that the desire to preserve and popularize America's musical heritage is a powerful current that has run throughout this century's culture and continues to flow today.
Filene builds his story around a fascinating group of characters--folklorists, record company executives, producers, radio programmers, and publicists--who acted as middlemen between folk and popular culture. These cultural brokers "discovered" folk musicians, recorded them, and promoted them. In the process, Filene argues, they shaped mainstream audiences' understanding of what was "authentic" roots music.
Filene moves beyond the usual boundaries of folk music to consider a wide range of performers who drew on or were drawn into the canon of American roots music--from Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie, to Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, to Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Challenging traditional accounts that would confine folk music revivalism to the 1930s and 1960s, he argues instead that the desire to preserve and popularize America's musical heritage is a powerful current that has run throughout this century's culture and continues to flow today.
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Hardcover
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from Univ of North Carolina Pr (June 1, 2000)
9780807825501 | details & prices | 325 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $73.95
About: In American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but just what constitutes our true musical traditions has often been a matter of debate.
About: In American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but just what constitutes our true musical traditions has often been a matter of debate.
Paperback
from Univ of North Carolina Pr (June 1, 2000)
9780807848623 | details & prices | 325 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $35.00
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