Authenticity and Belonging in the Northern Soul Scene: The Role of History and Identity in a Multigenerational Music Culture

by Sarah Raine

Book Overview

This book, which builds on a three-year immersive ethnographic study, argues that what scene participants do and say within the northern soul scene constitutes a claim to belong. For younger members, making claims to belong is problematic in a scene where dominant notions of authenticity held by insiders are rooted in a particular past: the places, people, events, and soundscapes of particular venues during the 1970s. In order to engage with this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030413667
• ISBN13: 9783030413668
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"