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Title HONK! : a street band renaissance of music and activism / edited by Reebee Garofalo, Erin T. Allen, and Andrew Snyder
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages)
Contents <P><strong>Part I: History and Scope / </strong>1. The Many Roads to HONK! and the Power of Brass and Percussion <em>(Reebee Garofalo) </em>/ 2. Autonomous Street Carnival Blocos and Reinventing Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro <em>(Laurine Sézérat) </em>/ 3. Jericho’s Harvest: A Short History of Brass Bands as a Voice for Political Opposition in Europe<em> (Gregg Moore) </em>/ 4. Protest, Polyvalence, and Indirection in Benin's Brass Band Music <em>(Sarah Politz) </em>/ 5. Japanese Perspective on HONK! Fest West: A Conversation with Ōkuma Wataru of Jinta-la-Mvta <em>(Marié Abe) / </em><strong>Part II: Repertoire, Pedagogy, and Performance </strong>/ 6. Musical Eclecticism, Cultural Appropriation, and Whiteness in Mission Delirium and HONK! <em>(Andrew Snyder) </em>/ 7. Learning on Parade with the School of HONK <em>(Kevin Leppmann)</em> / 8. From Page to Performance: Learning a Song in an Italian Multi-Level Activist Brass Band <em>(Mario Giuseppe Camporeale) </em>/ <strong>Part III: Inclusion and Organization </strong>/ 9. Leadership, Inclusion, and Group Decision-Making in HONK! Bands <em>(Meghan Elizabeth Kallman) </em>/ 10. Building Connections While Maintaining the Band: The Challenging Politics of Inclusion in Activist Work <em>(Naomi Podber) </em>/ 11. Horns and Hers: The Subversion of Gendered Instrumentation in the HONK! Movement <em>(Becky Liebman) </em>/ 12. Collective Effervescence and the Political Ethos of the HONK! Movement <em>(Geoffrey Lee) </em>/ <strong>Part IV: Festival Organization and Politics</strong> / 13. HONK! and the Politics of Performance in Public Space <em>(John Bell) </em>/ 14. Why Do We Honk? How Do We Honk?: Politics, Antipolitics, and Activist Street Bands <em>(Rosza Daniel Lang/Levitsky with Michele Hardesty) </em>/ 15. Pittonkatonk and Valuing Music as a Public Good <em>(Richard Randall) </em>/ 16. The Key of Rest: HONK!’s Hospitality Activism <em>(Mike*Antares) </em>/ <strong>Part V: On the Front Lines of Protest </strong>/ 17. Infernal Noise: Sowing a Propaganda of Sound <em>(Jennifer Whitney) </em>/ 18. Listening for Lefebvre: Chant Support, Sonic Disobedience, and the City as "<em>Oeuvre</em>" <em>(Abigail Ellman) </em>/ 19. Syncopation Against the Occupation: Handling High-Risk Situations as an Activist Street Band in Israel-Palestine <em>(Iris Arieli) </em>/ 20. Sounding Solidarity at the Suffolk County ICE Immigration Detention Center <em>(Erin T. Allen)</em></p>
Summary "HONK! Music Activism in a Street Band Renaissance reflects on the recent, transnational revival of street bands. It provides a window into diverse manifestations of cultural activity that mobilizes communities to reimagine the public square, protest injustice, and celebrate community. With the joy of participatory music making at its core, HONK bands are a fast-growing phenomena, asserting their activism through "radical inclusion," active musical engagement in street protests, and grassroots organization. This collection of twenty-two essays, voiced in various local contexts, describes how the diversity of manifestations of these movements parallels the rich diversity of the musical repertoires these bands play and share. The HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands began in Somerville, Mass, in 2006 as an independent, non-commercial, street festival, featuring community-based brass and percussion bands. HONK has since spread to three continents. The contributors tackle a diverse range of themes, including circulation of repertoire, innovative musical pedagogies, musical engagement within protest, and various theories of activism, incl. the social dynamics of gender, race, and class. Musicians, activists, and scholars engage with how HONK! Festivals might pursue their goals of "changing the world.""-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 08, 2020)
SUBJECT HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019067503
Subject Street music -- Political aspects
Street music -- Social aspects
Street music -- History and criticism
Bands (Music) -- Political activity
MUSIC -- General.
Street music
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Garofalo, Reebee, editor.
Allen, Erin T., editor.
Snyder, Andrew (Ethnomusicologist), editor.
LC no. 2019037240
ISBN 9780429020209
0429020201
9780429672101
0429672101
9780429670619
0429670613
9780429669125
0429669127