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

• Autore: Comentale Edward P
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.421640973
• Soggetto topico: Popular music - United States - History and criticism; Popular music - Social aspects - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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 “A 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sweet air
• ISBN: 1-299-48327-5; 0-252-09457-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452998703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Music in American life.