Footsteps in the Dark The Hidden Histories of Popular Music

Name: Footsteps in the Dark The Hidden Histories of Popular Music
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ISBN: 9780816650200

ISBN-10: 0816650209

ISBN-13: 9780816650200

Edition: 2007

Authors: George Lipsitz

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Most pop songs are short-lived. They appear suddenly and, if they catch on, seem to be everywhere at once before disappearing again into obscurity. Yet some songs resonate more deeply--often in ways that reflect broader historical and cultural changes. In Footsteps in the Dark", George Lipsitz illuminates these secret meanings, offering imaginative interpretations of a wide range of popular music genres from jazz to salsa to rock. Sweeping changes that only remotely register in official narratives, Lipsitz argues, can appear in vivid relief within popular music, especially when these changes occur outside mainstream white culture. Using a wealth of revealing examples, he discusses such…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 8/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.85" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction: The Long Fetch of History; or, Why Music Matters



Pop Stars: The Hidden History of Digital Capitalism



Crossing Over: The Hidden History of Diaspora



Banda: The Hidden History of Greater Mexico



Jazz: The Hidden History of Nationalist Multiculturalism



Weeds in a Vacant Lot: The Hidden History of Urban Renewal



Merengue: The Hidden History of Dominican Migration



The Hip Hop Hearings: The Hidden History of Deindustrialization



Masquerades and Mixtures: The Hidden History of Passing



Salsa: The Hidden History of Colonialism



Techno: The Hidden History of Automation


Epilogue: Long Waves after 9/11


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index