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My Song Is My Weapon: People´s Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-50
Robbie Lieberman
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Description for My Song Is My Weapon: People´s Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-50
paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 450.
A revealing exploration of the origins and development of People's Songs, Inc., "My Song Is My Weapon won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Robbie Lieberman brings to life the hootenannies, concerts, and rallies of the time, paying special attention to the politics of culture of the Old Left. Her analysis of the communist movement culture, coupled with interviews with former members of People's Songs, sheds new light on Cold War America, the American Communist movement, and the experience of left-wing cultural workers.
A revealing exploration of the origins and development of People's Songs, Inc., "My Song Is My Weapon won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Robbie Lieberman brings to life the hootenannies, concerts, and rallies of the time, paying special attention to the politics of culture of the Old Left. Her analysis of the communist movement culture, coupled with interviews with former members of People's Songs, sheds new light on Cold War America, the American Communist movement, and the experience of left-wing cultural workers.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065255
SKU
V9780252065255
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About Robbie Lieberman
Robbie Lieberman is chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department and a professor of interdisciplinary studies at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of Prairie Power: Voices of 1960s Midwestern Student Protest and coeditor of Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement.
Reviews for My Song Is My Weapon: People´s Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-50
"A spirited and scholarly account of the relationship between the US Communist movement and the folk music revival of the 1940s and 1950s."
Paul C. Mishler, Nature, Society, and Thought "Shows the ways in which the folk music revival of the 1960s and the participatory cultures of the civil rights movement and the New Left drew on the general example and the ... Read more
Paul C. Mishler, Nature, Society, and Thought "Shows the ways in which the folk music revival of the 1960s and the participatory cultures of the civil rights movement and the New Left drew on the general example and the ... Read more