Playing for change : music and musicians in the service of social movements
By: Rob Rosenthal and Richard Flacks
Contributors: Flacks, Richard
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781594517884
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: An introduction to the music/movement link: You can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union; title: Part II: The meanings of music ; Aretha Franklin sings to Charlie Manson ; Context ; The audience and reception ; The meanings of music : some reconsiderations and implications; title: Part III: The functions of musicking for social movements ; Serving the committed ; Education ; Conversion and recruitment ; Mobilization ; How musicking harms movements ; What makes a difference? ; What is to be sung (or played)?