POPULAR MUSIC IN FRANCE FROM CHANSON TO TECHNO: CULTURE, IDENTITY AND SOCIETY; ED. BY HUGH DAUNCEY.
Series: ASHGATE POPULAR AND FOLK MUSIC SERIES
Publisher: ASHGATE
Published: 2003
Place of publication: ALDERSHOT
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 282
Description: 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.