Title: Popular music in France from chanson to techno : culture, identity, and society /
Authors: Cannon, Steve, 1963-; Dauncey, Hugh, 1961-
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Popular music France History and criticism; Popular culture France History.; Music Social aspects
Abstract: Why do musicians and music analysts deny that music is irreducibly social, or at least behave as if it isn't? The answer is itself socially specific. These writings examine the interaction between French popular music and French society, identity and culture.
Contents: Introduction: Music, modernization and popular identity / Richard Middleton -- The study of popular music between sociology and aesthetics: a survey of current research in France / Philippe Le Guern -- In from the margins: chanson, pop and cultural legitimacy / David Looseley -- The French music industry: structures challenges and responses / Hugh Dauncey -- Popular music on French radio and television / Geoff Hare -- The popular music press / Mat Pires -- The disintegration of community: popular music in French cinema 1945-present / Phil Powrie -- Le Demy-monde: the bewitched, betwixt and between French musical / Robynn J. Stilwell -- Chanson engagée and political activism in the 1950s and 1960s: Léo Ferré and Georges Brassens / Chris Tinker -- Divided loyalties: singing in the occupation / Christopher Lloyd -- Rock and culture in France: ways, processes and conditions of integration / Philippe Teillet -- Globalization, Americanization and hip hop in France / Steve Cannon -- Flaubert's sparrow, or the Bovary of Bellville: Édith Piaf as cultural icon / Keith Reader -- French electronic music: the invention of a tradition / Philippe Birgy -- Conclusion: French popular music, cultural exception and globalization / Hugh Dauncey and Steve Cannon.