Guitar Cultures

Name: Guitar Cultures
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ISBN: 9781859734346

ISBN-10: 1859734340

ISBN-13: 9781859734346

Edition: 2001

Authors: Andy Bennett, Kevin Dawe

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The guitar is one of the most evocative instruments in the world. It is used in a wide variety of musical settings. The authors of this study explore how people use guitars and guitar music as a basis for creating cultural identities.

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Notes on Contributors



Introduction: Guitars, Cultures, People and Places




The Guitar in the Blues Music of the Deep South




Unplugged: Blues Guitarists and the Myth of Acousticity




'Plug in and Play!': UK 'Indie-Guitar' Culture




Handmade in Spain: The Culture of Guitar Making




The Guitar as Artifact and Icon: Identity Formation in the Babyboom Generation




Into the Arena: Edward Van Halen and the Cultural Contradictions of the Guitar Hero




The Guitar Cultures of Papua New Guinea: Regional, Social and Stylistic Diversity




Hybridity and Segregation in the Guitar Cultures of Brazil




Rock to Raga: The Many Lives of the Indian Guitar



Index