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Author Garratt, James

Title Music and Politics : a Critical Introduction
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents Music and politics : key concepts and issues -- Power and counterpower -- History, ideology and the politics of context -- Propaganda, ritual and sovereign power -- Performing protest : music and activism -- Critique, subversion and negation -- Nationalism, racism and fascism -- Postscript : Music and politics after the future
Summary Changes our picture of how music and politics interact through a rigorous reappraisal of key concepts such as protest, resistance, power, propaganda, and ideology. This book explores and evaluates a wide range of perspectives from contemporary political theory, applying them to a broad collection of musical cultures and practices
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Music -- Political aspects
Music -- Political aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139505963
1139505963