American Folk Music as Tactical Media

0. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-94-6298-494-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 244 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: Recursions

American folk music has long presented a problematic conception of authenticity, but the reality of the folk scene, and its relationship to media, is far more complicated. This book draws on the fields of media archaeology, performance studies, and sound studies to explore the various modes of communication that can be uncovered from the long American folk revival. From Alan Lomax's cybernetic visions to Bob Dylan's noisy writing machines, this book retrieves a subterranean discourse on the concept of media that might help us to reimagine the potential of the networks in which we work, play, and sing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svec, Henry Adam

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Alan Lomax’s Deep Rivers of Digitality 2. Pete Seeger’s Time-Biased Tactics 3. Bob Dylan’s Noisy Faces 4. A Folk Approach to Imaginary Media 5. Another Authentic Folk Is Possible 6. American Folk Music as Strategic Media Epilogue References Index

Über Autor(innen)

Svec, Henry Adam
Henry Adam Svec completed his doctorate at the University of Western Ontario, and he has been published in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Journal of Popular Music Studies, and elsewhere. He is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.

"http://www.henryadamsvec.ca/">Henry Adam Svec completed his doctorate at the University of Western Ontario, and he has been published in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Journal of Popular Music Studies, and elsewhere. He is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.