Songs of Social Protest: International Perspectives

by Martin J. Power

Book Overview

Songs of Social Protest is a comprehensive companion guide to music and social protest globally. Bringing together scholars from a range of fields, it explores a wide range of examples of, and contexts for, songs and their performance that have been deployed as part of local, regional and global social protest movements, both in historical and contemporary times. Topics covered include:

AestheticsAuthenticityAfrican American MusicAnti-capitalismCommunity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786601257
• ISBN13: 9781786601254
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 682 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5