Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and
"America's Musical Pulse" documents the American experience as
recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or
rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to it
reveal the attitudes of an era or generation. Always a major
preoccupation of students, music is often ignored by teaching
professionals, who might profitably channel this interest to
further understandings of American social history and such diverse
fields as sociology, political science, literature, communications,
and business as well as music.
In this interdisciplinary collection, scholars, educators, and
writers from a variety of fields and perspectives relate topics
concerning twentieth-century popular music to issues of politics,
class, economics, race, gender, and the social context. The focus
throughout is to place music in societal perspective and encourage
investigation of the complex issues behind the popular tunes,
rhythms, and lyrics.
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