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Ecomusicology : rock, folk, and the environment / Mark Pedelty.

Title
Ecomusicology : rock, folk, and the environment / Mark Pedelty.
Author
Pedelty, Mark.
Publication
Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2012.

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Description
xi, 229 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "Can musicians really make the world more sustainable? Anthropologist Mark Pedelty, joined an eco-oriented band, the Hypoxic Punks, to find out. In his timely and exciting book, Ecomusicology, Pedelty explores the political ecology of rock, from local bands to global superstars. He examines the climate change controversies of U2's 360 Degrees stadium tour - deemed excessive by some - and the struggles of local folk singers who perform songs about the environment. In the process, he raises serious questions about the environmental effects and meanings of music.
  • Ecomusicology examines the global, national, regional, and historical contexts in which environmental pop is performed. Pedelty reveals the ecological potentials and pitfalls of contemporary popular music, in part through ethnographic fieldwork among performers, audiences, and activists. Ultimately, he explains how popular music dramatically reflects both the contradictions and dreams of communities searching for sustainability."--pub. desc.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Alternative Title
Rock, folk, and the environment
Subject
  • Ecology > Songs and music > History and criticism
  • Euthenics > Songs and music > History and criticism
  • Nature and nurture > Songs and music > History and criticism
  • Adaptation (Biology) > Songs and music > History and criticism
  • Rock music > History and criticism
  • Folk music > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-219) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pop goes the planet: global music and the environmental crisis -- The musical nation: popular music and the American soundscape -- Regional geographies in popular song: music makes place -- Local music : a tonic for the troops.
ISBN
  • 9781439907115 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781439907122 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781439907139 (e-book)
LCCN
^^2011048804
OCLC
  • 759173937
  • SCSB-10487438
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library