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Title:

Popular music in France from chanson to techno : culture, identity, and society / edited by Hugh Dauncey and Steve Cannon.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xii, 282 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Popular music--France--History and criticism.
Popular culture--France--History.
Music--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Cannon, Steve, 1963-
Dauncey, Hugh, 1961-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.

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 engag©♭e and political activism in the 1950s and 1960s: L©♭o Ferr©♭ 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: ©œdith 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.

Series:

Ashgate popular and folk music series

ISBN:

9780754608493
0754608492 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50604865

LCCN:

2002028149

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)