Music and the Elusive Revolution - Cultural Politics and Political Culture in France, 1968-1981

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-520-26897-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 368 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 502 g

Reihe: California Studies in 20th-Century Music

In May 1968, France teetered on the brink of revolution as a series of student protests spiraled into the largest general strike the country has ever known. In the forty years since, May ’68 has come to occupy a singular place in the modern political imagination, not just in France but across the world. Eric Drott examines the social, political, and cultural effects of May ’68 on a wide variety of music in France, from the initial shock of 1968 through the “long” 1970s and the election of Mitterrand and the socialists in 1981. Drott’s detailed account of how diverse music communities developed in response to 1968 and his pathbreaking reflections on the nature and significance of musical genre come together to provide insights into the relationships that link music, identity, and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drott, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikpsychologie, Musiksoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie der Lebensart, Well-Being
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Music and May ’68
2. Genre and Musical Representations of May
3. Free Jazz in France
4. La Cause du Pop
5. Contemporary Music, Animation, and Cultural Democratization

Conclusion

Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Drott is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Texas.