Music-Making in U.S. Prisons

Listening to Incarcerated Voices
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-77112-571-0
Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 132 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

- looks at the "carceral state" of the United States and considers how music programs can shift the perspective of prisons and prisoners
- includes song lyrics from incarcerated composers
- engages with the racial politics of prisons and US society -- in one example the prison would not allow a song to include the words Black Lives Matter for fear of repercussions
- goes beyond the idea of music for rehabilitation to show how music education contributes to personal and social growth and provides bridges between those incarcerated and the larger community

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Mary L

Duncan, Stuart P

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Instrumentenunterricht & Lernanleitungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Why Music-Making in Prisons?
- 2: “Might Is Not Always Right”: Historical Reflections of Music-Making in U.S. Prisons
- 3: “In Encourage Everyone to Step Out of Their Comfort Zone”: Developing Agency in Instrumental Music Education in Prisons
- 4: “Their Singing Saved Me”: Social Awareness through Choral Singing
- 5: Dynamic Nature of Songwriting in Prisons: Interactions among Singers, Prison Staff, and Audience Members
- 6: “So Much More”: Pedagogies that Support Human Dignity and Social Responsibility for Musical Communities Working toward Abolition of the Prison Industrial Complex