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Author Street, John, 1952-

Title Music and politics / John Street.

Publication Info. Cambridge, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Polity Press, 2012.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.4842 S915M    Check Shelf
Description vii, 195 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Polity contemporary political communication series
Contemporary political communication.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-191) and index.
Contents Introduction : making connections -- Sound barriers : censoring music -- Falling on deaf ears? Music policy -- Striking a chord : from political communication to political representation -- All together now : music as political participation -- Fight the power : music as mobilization -- 'Invisible republics' : making music, making history -- Sounding good : the politics of taste -- Politics as music : the sound of ideas and ideology -- One more time with feeling : music as political experience -- Conclusion : repeat and fade.
Summary "This book examines music's political power. It shows how music has been at the heart of accounts of political order, how musicians from Bono to Blue have claimed to speak for peoples and political causes. It looks at the emergence of music as an object of public policy, in the classroom or in the copyright courts, as the focus of national pride or employment opportunities. The book brings together ideas about music's political significance (from Aristotle to Rousseau, to Adorno and beyond) to tell of the extraordinary potency of music across time and space. At its heart lies the argument that music and politics are inseparably linked, and that each animates the other"--Back cover.
Subject Rock music -- Political aspects.
Rock music -- Social aspects.
Popular music -- Social aspects.
Popular music -- Political aspects.
Popular music -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01071452
Popular music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01071460
Rock music -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01099223
Rock music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01099230
Musik. (DE-588)4040802-4
Politik. (DE-588)4046514-7
Musik. (DE-588c)4040802-4
Politik. (DE-588c)4046514-7
ISBN 9780745635439 (hardback)
0745635431 (hardback)
9780745635446 (paperback)
074563544X (paperback)
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