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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452998703321

Autore

Comentale Edward P

Titolo

Sweet air [[electronic resource] ] : modernism, regionalism, and American popular song / / Edward P. Comentale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2013

ISBN

1-299-48327-5

0-252-09457-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Music in American life

Disciplina

782.421640973

Soggetti

Popular music - United States - History and criticism

Popular music - Social aspects - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction  From a Basement on Long Island to a Mansion on the Hill""; ""Chapter One  Lord, It Just Wonâ€?t Stop!: Work and Blues in the Industrial Delta""; ""Chapter Two  Thought I Had Your Heart Forever: Death, Detachment, and the Modernity of Early""; ""Chapter Three  â€œA Rambling Funny Streakâ€?: Woody Guthrie, Revolutionary Folk Song, and the Migrant""; ""Chapter Four  Four Elvises: On the Dada Possibilities of Midcentury Rock and Roll and Modern Fan""; ""Chapter Five  (     )""

""Notes""""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

'Sweet Air' rewrites the history of early twentieth-century pop music in modernist terms. Tracking the evolution of popular regional genres such as blues, country, folk, and rockabilly in relation to the growth of industry and consumer culture, Edward P. Comentale shows how this music became a vital means of exploring the new and often overwhelming feelings brought on by modern life.