Social Voices

The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe

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Produktbeschreibung

"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 Redézepova, 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"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780252087387
• ISBN-10: 0252087380
• Artikelnr.: 68102444

Autorenporträt

Edited by Levi S. Gibbs

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Singers Levi S. Gibbs
Part I. The Politics of Authenticity and Iconicity
Introduction  Jeff Todd Titon
1. Becoming a “Folk” Icon: Pete Seeger and Musical Activism  Anthony Seeger
2. An Ordinary Icon: Cassettes, Counternarratives, and Shaykh Imam Andrew
Simon
3. Idolatry and Iconoclasm in K-Pop Fandom John Lie
Part II. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Class
Introduction  Eric Lott
4. All On They Mouth Like Liquor  Treva B. Lindsey
5. Compromise and Competition: The Musical Identities of Afro-Cuban Women
SingersChristina D. Abreu
6. Challenging the Divide Between Elite and Mass Cultures: Opera Icon
Beverly Sills  Nancy Guy
Part III. Multiplicities of Representations
Introduction  Ruth Hellier
7. Artful Politics of the Voice: “Queen of Romani Music” Esma
Redepova Carol Silverman
8. Teresa Teng: Embodying Asia’s Cold WarsMichael K. Bourdaghs
9. Women, Political Voice, and the South African Diaspora, 1959-2020 Carol
A. Muller
Part IV. Singers and Songs as Interweaving Narratives
Introduction  Kwame Dawes
10. The Vocal Narratives of Lata Mangeshkar: Gender, Politics, and Nation
in India  Natalie Sarrazin
11. Ya Toyour: One Song in Two Voices  Katherine Meizel
 
Afterword: The Power of Song   Elijah Wald
Contributors
Index