ISBN: 9781859736364

While music lovers from all over the world have tried to recreate the ambience of French caf¿s by playing music from stars such as Piaf, Tr¿net and Chevalier, intellectuals, sociologist… Mehr…

While music lovers from all over the world have tried to recreate the ambience of French caf¿s by playing music from stars such as Piaf, Tr¿net and Chevalier, intellectuals, sociologists and policy makers in France have been embroiled in passionate debate about just what constitutes ''real'' French music. In the late 1950s and 1960s a wave of Anglo-American rock ''n'' roll and pop hit Europe and disrupted French popular music forever. The cherished sounds of the chanson were sidelined, fragmented or merged with pop styles and instrumentation. From this point on, French music and music culture have been splintered into cultural divides - pop culture vs high culture; mass culture vs ''authentic'' popular culture; national culture vs Americanization. This book investigates the exciting and innovative segmentation of the French music scene and the debates it has spawned. From an analysis of the chanson as national myth, to pop, rap, techno and the State, this book is the first full-length study to make sense of the complexity behind the history of French popular music and its relation to ''authentic'' cultural identity. | Popular Music In Contemporary France by David L. Looseley Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Music & Movies & Performing Arts > Music P10122, David L. Looseley<

ISBN: 9781859736364

Rubbed. Label to cover. Spine tears. Good. Mauritius Government of India Press New Delhi February 1971 orig.wrappers 22x13cm, 182 pp. All published? Five other volumes are called for in p… Mehr…

Rubbed. Label to cover. Spine tears. Good. Mauritius Government of India Press New Delhi February 1971 orig.wrappers 22x13cm, 182 pp. All published? Five other volumes are called for in preface. Contents: Setting; Agriculture; Livestock; Fisheries; Forests; Minerals, Industries; Water; Power; Transport; Social Services; Tourism; Employment; Pattern of Growth, Rodrigues; Summary of Conclusions., Government of India Press, 2.5, Paperback / softback. New. Investigates the exciting and innovative segmentation of the French music scene and the debates it has spawned. From an analysis of the chanson as national myth, to pop, rap, techno and the State, this book aims to make sense of the complexity behind the history of French popular music and its relation to 'authentic' cultural identity., 6<