Acting in concert
Subtitle: music, community, and political action
By: Mark Mattern.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Popular music -- Political aspects; Popular music -- Social aspects; Political anthropology
Description: Through three detailed case studies of Chilean, Cajun and American Indian popular music, Mattern explores the way popular musicians forge community and lead members of their communities in several distinct kinds of political action that would be difficult or impossible among individuals who are not linked by communal ties.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173 )and index.