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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Music and identity : a postwar genealogy -- Singing smoothly : masculinity in early doo-wop -- The blonde who knew too much : the whiteness of Doris Day -- This promise of paradise : identity and performance in the Pacific theater -- Making sense of silence : John Cage's queer avant-garde -- Epilogue : the practice of identity. |
| Summary |
In the wake of World War II, the cultural life of the United States underwent a massive transformation. Central to the era was the rise of the concept of identity, and with it a reformulation of the country's political life during the early Cold War. At the same time, a revolution in music was taking place, a tumult of new musical styles and institutions that would lead to everything from the birth of rock and roll to the new downtown experimental music. Together, these two trends came to define the era: a search for new social affinities and modes of self-fashioning, with music providing just the right tool for doing so. 'What Will I Be' follows the development of the concept of identity as it emerged alongside the development of new post-war music making. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Music -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Music. |
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Music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Music and identity politics.
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Music and identity politics. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. |
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Music -- Social aspects. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Social aspects. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gentry, Philip. What will I be. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017] 9780190299590 (DLC) 2017005803 (OCoLC)981907944 |
| ISBN |
9780190299620 (electronic book) |
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0190299622 (electronic book) |
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9780190299606 (electronic book) |
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0190299606 (electronic book) |
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0190299592 |
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9780190299590 |
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9780190299613 |
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