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Social Voices - The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe (Hardcover)
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Social Voices - The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe (Hardcover)
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Singers generating cultural identity from K-Pop to Beverly Sills
Around the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at
the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S.
Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a
political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide
range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma
Redžepova, Indian legend Lata Mangeshkar, and pop superstar Teresa
Teng. Topics include gendered performances and the negotiation of
race and class identities; the class-related contradictions exposed
by the divide between highbrow and pop culture; links between
narratives of overcoming struggle and the distinction between
privileged and marginalized identities; singers’ ability to adapt
to shifting notions of history, borders, gender, and memory in
order to connect with listeners; how the meanings we read into a
singer’s life and art build on one another; and technology’s
ability to challenge our ideas about what constitutes music.
Cutting-edge and original, Social Voices reveals how singers and
their songs equip us to process social change and divergent
opinions. Contributors: Christina D. Abreu, Michael K. Bourdaghs,
Kwame Dawes, Nancy Guy, Ruth Hellier, John Lie, Treva B. Lindsey,
Eric Lott, Katherine Meizel, Carol A. Muller, Natalie Sarrazin,
Anthony Seeger, Carol Silverman, Andrew Simon, Jeff Todd Titon, and
Elijah Wald
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