Social Voices

The Cultural Politics of Singers Around the Globe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252045240

Utforska kategorier

Musikböcker inom Kultur
Musikvetenskap inom Kultur
Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Levi S. Gibbs is an associate professor of Asian societies, cultures, and languages at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Song King: Connecting People, Places, and Past in Contemporary China and the editor of Faces of Tradition in Chinese Performing Arts.

Recensioner i media

“Social Voices resounds with memorable, personal, and prophetic stories of how singers shape our worlds. An expansive, versatile, and mind-opening volume.”--William Cheng, author of Queering the Field: Sounding Out Ethnomusicology "Social Voices recognizes the tremendous power of song to unify in ways that go far beyond the song itself, and to make connections that no other art form can." --Choice

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Singers Levi S. GibbsPart I. The Politics of Authenticity and IconicityIntroduction Jeff Todd Titon1. Becoming a “Folk” Icon: Pete Seeger and Musical Activism Anthony Seeger2. An Ordinary Icon: Cassettes, Counternarratives, and Shaykh Imam Andrew Simon3. Idolatry and Iconoclasm in K-Pop Fandom John LiePart II. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and ClassIntroduction Eric Lott4. All On They Mouth Like Liquor Treva B. Lindsey5. Compromise and Competition: The Musical Identities of Afro-Cuban Women SingersChristina D. Abreu6. Challenging the Divide Between Elite and Mass Cultures: Opera Icon Beverly Sills Nancy GuyPart III. Multiplicities of RepresentationsIntroduction Ruth Hellier7. Artful Politics of the Voice: “Queen of Romani Music” Esma Redžepova Carol Silverman8. Teresa Teng: Embodying Asia’s Cold WarsMichael K. Bourdaghs9. Women, Political Voice, and the South African Diaspora, 1959-2020 Carol A. MullerPart IV. Singers and Songs as Interweaving NarrativesIntroduction Kwame Dawes10. The Vocal Narratives of Lata Mangeshkar: Gender, Politics, and Nation in India Natalie Sarrazin11. Ya Toyour: One Song in Two Voices Katherine Meizel Afterword: The Power of Song Elijah WaldContributors Index