Research Catalog

Title

Underground harmonies : music and politics in the subways of New York / Susie J. Tanenbaum.

Author

Tanenbaum, Susie J., 1965-

Publication

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.

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Details

Description

xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Series Statement

Anthropology of contemporary issues

Uniform Title

Anthropology of contemporary issues

Subject

• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Popular music > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism
• Street music > New York (State) > New York
• Subways > New York (State) > New York
• Popular culture > New York (State) > New York
• Railroads
• Popular culture
• Popular music
• Street music
• Subways
• Musik
• Straßenmusik
• Subkultur
• Untergrundbahn
• Popmusik
• Straßenmusikant
• Straatmuziek
• Ondergrondse spoorwegen
• Politiek
• Musique populaire > États-Unis > New-York (Etats-Unis ; Etat) > Histoire et critique
• New York
• New York (State)
• New York (State) > New York
• New York, NY

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Venturing Down -- Part I, Making music underground. Setting up ; The beat goes on : history ; The partners : subway musicians and their audiences ; Boundaries and bridges : relationships in public space -- Part II, Seeking harmony underground. Music under New York : official sponsorship ; Sounds and silence : regulating subway music ; Walking the beat : transit police ; Music on the job : subway workers ; Prospects for change -- Appendix 1 subway homelessness -- Appendix 2 New York street music.

ISBN

• 0801430518
• 9780801430510
• 0801482224
• 9780801482229

LCCN

94048428

OCLC

• ocm31867048
• 31867048
• SCSB-9140078

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library