E-Book, Englisch, 303 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music
E-Book, Englisch, 303 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music
ISBN: 978-1-137-60139-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music
takes an inter-disciplinary approach that locates popular music within the framework of ‘memory studies’ and analyses how songwriters are influenced by their country’s ‘national myths’. How does popular music help form memory and remembrance of such an event? Why do some songwriters stick rigidly to culturally dominant forms of memory whereas others seek an oppositional or transnational perspective? The huge range of musical examples include the great
chansonniers
Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens; folk maestros including Al Stewart and Eric Bogle; the socially aware rock of The Kinks and Pink Floyd; metal legends Iron Maiden and Bolt Thrower and female iconoclasts Diamanda Galás and PJ Harvey.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction.- 1. National Myth and the First World War.- 2. Remembrance, Memory and Popular Music.- 3. Words and Music.- 4. The Voice of the People.- 5. Butcher’s Tales and Gunner’s Dreams.- 6. Shrill Demented Choirs.- 7. Football in No-Man’s-Land.- 8. The Gospel according to St Wilfred.- 9. Bombazine Dolls and Orders from the Dead.-
10. Conclusion: Music and the Centenary.