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UNINA9910154844403321 |
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Autore |
Grant Peter |
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Titolo |
National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music / / by Peter Grant |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XI, 303 p. 22 illus.) |
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Collana |
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Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music, , 2730-9525 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization - History |
Music |
Collective memory |
Europe - History |
Military history |
Cultural History |
Memory Studies |
European History |
Military History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- 1. National Myth and the First World War -- 2. Remembrance, Memory and Popular Music -- 3. Words and Music -- 4. The Voice of the People -- 5. Butcher’s Tales and Gunner’s Dreams -- 6. Shrill Demented Choirs -- 7. Football in No-Man’s-Land -- 8. The Gospel according to St Wilfred -- 9. Bombazine Dolls and Orders from the Dead -- 10. Conclusion: Music and the Centenary. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book looks at the role of popular music in constructing the myth of the First World War. Since the late 1950s over 1,500 popular songs from more than forty countries have been recorded that draw inspiration from the War. National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music takes an inter-disciplinary approach that locates popular music within the framework of ‘memory studies’ and analyses |
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