TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gibbs,Levi
TI  - Social voices: the cultural politics of singers around the globe 
SN  - 0252054768
AV  - ML3916 .S656 2023
U1  - 306.4/842 23/eng/20221207
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Music
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Popular music
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Vocal music
KW  - Singers
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - fast
KW  - MUSIC / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction. The Cultural Politics of Singers / Levi S. Gibbs -- Part I. The Politics Of Authenticity And Iconicity. Introduction / Jeff Todd Titon ; Becoming a "Folk" Icon : Pete Seeger and Musical Activism / Anthony Seeger ; An Ordinary Icon : Cassettes, Counternarratives, and Shaykh Imam / Andrew Simon ; Idolatry and Iconoclasm in K-Pop Fandom / John Lie -- Part II. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, And Class. Introduction / Eric Lott ; All On They Mouth Like Liquor / Treva B. Lindsey ; Compromise and Competition: The Musical Identities of Afro-Cuban Women Singers / Christina D. Abreu ; Challenging the Divide Between Elite and Mass Cultures : Opera Icon Beverly Sills / Nancy Guy -- Part III. Multiplicities Of Representations. Introduction / Ruth Hellier ; Artful Politics of the Voice : "Queen of Romani Music" Esma Red�zepova / Carol Silverman ; Teresa Teng : Embodying Asia's Cold Wars / Michael K. Bourdaghs ; Women, Political Voice, and the South African Diaspora, 1959-2020 / Carol A. Muller -- Part IV. Singers And Songs As Interweaving Narratives. Introduction / Kwame Dawes ; The Vocal Narratives of Lata Mangeshkar : Gender, Politics, and Nation in India / Natalie Sarrazin ; Ya Toyour : One Song in Two Voices / Katherine Meizel -- Afterword: The Power of Song / Elijah Wald
N2  - "Around the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Red�zepova, Indian legend Lata Mangeshkar, and pop superstar Teresa Teng. Topics include gendered performances and the negotiation of race and class identities; the class-related contradictions exposed by the divide between highbrow and pop culture; links between narratives of overcoming struggle and the distinction between privileged and marginalized identities; singers' ability to adapt to shifting notions of history, borders, gender, and memory in order to connect with listeners; how the meanings we read into a singer's life and art build on one another; and technology's ability to challenge our ideas about what constitutes music. Cutting-edge and original, Social Voices reveals how singers and their songs equip us to process social change and divergent opinions"--
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