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Author:   Levi S. Gibbs ,  Levi S. Gibbs ,  Jeff Todd Titon ,  Ruth Hellier
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9780252045240

ISBN 10:   0252045246
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   05 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Singers Levi S. Gibbs Part I. The Politics of Authenticity and Iconicity Introduction  Jeff Todd Titon 1. Becoming a “Folk” Icon: Pete Seeger and Musical Activism  Anthony Seeger 2. An Ordinary Icon: Cassettes, Counternarratives, and Shaykh Imam Andrew Simon 3. Idolatry and Iconoclasm in K-Pop Fandom John Lie Part II. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Class Introduction  Eric Lott 4. All On They Mouth Like Liquor  Treva B. Lindsey 5. Compromise and Competition: The Musical Identities of Afro-Cuban Women SingersChristina D. Abreu 6. Challenging the Divide Between Elite and Mass Cultures: Opera Icon Beverly Sills  Nancy Guy Part III. Multiplicities of Representations Introduction  Ruth Hellier 7. Artful Politics of the Voice: “Queen of Romani Music” Esma Redžepova Carol Silverman 8. Teresa Teng: Embodying Asia’s Cold WarsMichael K. Bourdaghs 9. Women, Political Voice, and the South African Diaspora, 1959-2020 Carol A. Muller Part IV. Singers and Songs as Interweaving Narratives Introduction  Kwame Dawes 10. The Vocal Narratives of Lata Mangeshkar: Gender, Politics, and Nation in India  Natalie Sarrazin 11. Ya Toyour: One Song in Two Voices  Katherine Meizel   Afterword: The Power of Song   Elijah Wald Contributors Index  

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Social Voices resounds with memorable, personal, and prophetic stories of how singers shape our worlds. An expansive, versatile, and mind-opening volume. --William Cheng, author of Queering the Field: Sounding Out Ethnomusicology

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Levi S. Gibbs is an associate professor of Asian societies, cultures, and languages at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Song King: Connecting People, Places, and Past in Contemporary China and the editor of Faces of Tradition in Chinese Performing Arts.

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