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Blues Music in the Sixties
Ulrich Adelt
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Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Can a type of music be "owned"? Examining how music is linked to racial constructs and how African American musicians and audiences reacted to white appropriation, Blues Music in the Sixties shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues.
In the 1960s, within the larger context of the civil rights movement and the burgeoning counterculture, the blues changed from black to white in its production and reception, as audiences became increasingly white. Yet, while this was happening, blackness--especially black masculinity--remained a marker of authenticity. Crossing color lines and mixing the beats of B.B. ... Read more
Can a type of music be "owned"? Examining how music is linked to racial constructs and how African American musicians and audiences reacted to white appropriation, Blues Music in the Sixties shows the stakes when whites claim the right to play and live the blues.
In the 1960s, within the larger context of the civil rights movement and the burgeoning counterculture, the blues changed from black to white in its production and reception, as audiences became increasingly white. Yet, while this was happening, blackness--especially black masculinity--remained a marker of authenticity. Crossing color lines and mixing the beats of B.B. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813551746
SKU
V9780813551746
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About Ulrich Adelt
ULRICH ADELT is an assistant professor of American Studies and African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of Wyoming. He has published articles in a number of journals, including American Quarterly and the Journal of Popular Music Studies.
Reviews for Blues Music in the Sixties
"Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White is a book that I have been waiting for since the 1980s. In these six case studies Adelt addresses important issues about race relations, rock music, the folk revival, and the music business during the decade when so many white music enthusiasts 'discovered' many ... Read more