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Music and the Making of a New South
Gavin James Campbell
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Paperback. Campbell focuses on three popular musical institutions in Atlanta at the height of the Jim Crow era: the annual visit of the Metropolitan Opera, the Colored Music Festival, and the Georgia Old Time Fiddlers' Convention, demonstrating how music addressed Atlantans' class anxieties and affirmed the segregationist impulse. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AVG; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Startled by rapid social changes at the turn of the twentieth century, citizens of Atlanta wrestled with fears about the future of race relations, the shape of gender roles, the impact of social class, and the meaning of regional identity in a New South. Gavin James Campbell demonstrates how these anxieties were played out in Atlanta's popular musical entertainment. Examining the period from 1890 to 1925, Campbell focuses on three popular musical institutions: the New York Metropolitan Opera (which visited Atlanta each year), the Colored Music Festival, and the Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention. White and black audiences charged these events ... Read more
Startled by rapid social changes at the turn of the twentieth century, citizens of Atlanta wrestled with fears about the future of race relations, the shape of gender roles, the impact of social class, and the meaning of regional identity in a New South. Gavin James Campbell demonstrates how these anxieties were played out in Atlanta's popular musical entertainment. Examining the period from 1890 to 1925, Campbell focuses on three popular musical institutions: the New York Metropolitan Opera (which visited Atlanta each year), the Colored Music Festival, and the Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention. White and black audiences charged these events ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807855171
SKU
V9780807855171
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About Gavin James Campbell
Gavin James Campbell is associate professor at the Graduate School of American Studies at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. The dissertation on which this book is based was awarded the St. George Tucker Society Dissertation Prize.
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