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Author Mattern, Mark, 1954-

Title Acting in concert : music, community, and political action / Mark Mattern.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. Popular Music and Community -- Ch. 2. Popular Music, Political Action, and Power -- Ch. 3. El pueblo, unido, jamas sera vencido: Popular Music and Democratic Politics in Chile, 1960-1973 -- Ch. 4. Vamos a vivir: Resistance and Redemocratization after the 1973 Coup -- Ch. 5. Laissez les bon temps roulez: Cajun Music and Cultural Revival -- Ch. 6. Stirring up the Roux: Negotiating Cajun Identity and Relations with Black Creoles -- Ch. 7. Entering the Circle: Powwow Music in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin -- Ch. 8. Music, Community, and Diversity.
Summary Through three detailed case studies of Chilean, Cajun and American Indian popular music, Mattern explores the way popular musicians forge community and lead members of their communities in several distinct kinds of political action that would be difficult or impossible among individuals who are not linked by communal ties.
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Subject Popular music -- Political aspects.
Popular music -- Political aspects.
Popular music.
Popular music -- Social aspects.
Popular music -- Social aspects.
Political anthropology.
Political anthropology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mattern, Mark, 1954- Acting in concert. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1998 0813524830 (DLC) 97021868 (OCoLC)37001681
ISBN 0585080313 (electronic book)
9780585080314 (electronic book)
0813524830 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0813524849 (paperback ; alkaline paper)