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In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to
survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded
freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them
under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though
unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had
gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly
Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others. Virginia Anderson
edits the first published collection of these conversations. She
pairs each interview with a contextual essay by a contemporary
expert that shows how the composer's discussion with Childs fits
into his life and work. Together, the interviewees cover a broad
range of ideas and concerns around topics like education, notation,
developments in electronic music, changing demands on performers,
and tonal music. Innovative and revealing, Interviews with American
Composers is an artistic and historical snapshot of American music
at an important crossroads.
As we approach twenty years since the end of the 1980s, we have the
opportunity to see the decade in perspective, and are in a position
to question the glib assumption that the 1980s were a mere
conservative foil to the 1960s. The 1980s: A Critical and
Transitional Decade, edited by Kimberly R. Moffitt and Duncan A.
Campbell, places its topics within the context of a decade
described as both critical and transitional because the 1980s, in
many respects, marked the end of one era and the beginning of
another. For example, the Reagan presidency, the end of the Cold
War, MTV, and the appearance of the personal computer all reflect a
legacy of political, cultural, and social transformation of the
United States and the world, and took place specifically within the
1980s. The function of this interdisciplinary volume is not to
simply highlight the significant phenomena of the period, but
rather demonstrate how so many apparently disparate events were, in
fact, closely inter-related and also products of their age. The
1980s is a holistic analysis of the decade that focuses on major
turning points, developments in literature, art, entertainment,
politics, and social experimentation. The 1980s: A Critical and
Transitional Decade, edited by Kimberly R. Moffitt and Duncan A.
Campbell is a groundbreaking and stand-alone introductory volume
that is unapologetically interdisciplinary in nature and encourages
students to explore topics of the decade often overlooked or
grouped together with other, more memorable decades such as the
1920s or 1960s.
As we approach twenty years since the end of the 1980s, we have the
opportunity to see the decade in perspective, and are in a position
to question the glib assumption that the 1980s were a mere
conservative foil to the 1960s. The 1980s: A Critical and
Transitional Decade, edited by Kimberly R. Moffitt and Duncan A.
Campbell, places its topics within the context of a decade
described as both critical and transitional because the 1980s, in
many respects, marked the end of one era and the beginning of
another. For example, the Reagan presidency, the end of the Cold
War, MTV, and the appearance of the personal computer all reflect a
legacy of political, cultural, and social transformation of the
United States and the world, and took place specifically within the
1980s. The function of this interdisciplinary volume is not to
simply highlight the significant phenomena of the period, but
rather demonstrate how so many apparently disparate events were, in
fact, closely inter-related and also products of their age. The
1980s is a holistic analysis of the decade that focuses on major
turning points, developments in literature, art, entertainment,
politics, and social experimentation. The 1980s: A Critical and
Transitional Decade, edited by Kimberly R. Moffitt and Duncan A.
Campbell is a groundbreaking and stand-alone introductory volume
that is unapologetically interdisciplinary in nature and encourages
students to explore topics of the decade often overlooked or
grouped together with other, more memorable decades such as the
1920s or 1960s.
This book steps into the long-standing debate about how doctoral
programs should prepare students for the profession. The
contributors explore both the conceptual and practical specifics of
a refocused training. They build a compelling argument that
endowing students with a stable identity as rhetoric/composition
professionals is less crucial than preparing them to adopt myriad
and shifting professional personas that position them for active
rhetorical practice.
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