Tell Tchaikovsky the News: Rock 'n' Roll, the Labor Question, and the Musicians' Union, 1942-1968
Author:   Michael James Roberts
Publisher:   Duke University Press
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9780822354758


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   03 March 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael James Roberts
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9780822354758


ISBN 10:   0822354756
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   03 March 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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In this lively study of the remarkable victories and disheartening failures of the American Federation of Musicians, Michael James Roberts presents a strong case that union culture played a central role in the decline of the U.S. labor movement. Focusing on the union's dismissal of rock 'n' roll, Tell Tchaikovsky the News explores how class cleavages--conflicts over what count as culture, taste, talent, skill, and proper expressions of working-class resistance--undermined solidarity among workers. This wonderfully engaging analysis of the class textures of popular music and the cultural politics of the labor movement is a must-read. --Kathi Weeks, author of The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries


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Michael James Roberts is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University.

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