Sweet Air - Modernism, Regionalism, and American Popular Song (Paperback)

Sweet Air rewrites the history of early twentieth-century pop music in modernist terms. Tracking the evolution of popular regional genres such as blues, country, folk, and rockabilly in relation to the growth of industry and consumer culture, Edward P. Comentale shows how this music became a vital means of exploring the new and often overwhelming feelings brought on by modern life. Comentale examines these rural genres as they translated the traumas of local experience--the racial violence of the Delta, the mass exodus from the South, the Dust Bowl of the Texas panhandle--into sonic form. Considering the accessibility of these popular music forms, he asserts the value of music as a source of progressive cultural investment, linking poor, rural performers and audiences to an increasingly vast network of commerce, transportation, and technology.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Music in American Life
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	March 2013
Authors:	Edward P. Comentale
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07892-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-252-07892-6
Barcode:	9780252078927

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