{"product_id":"a-song-to-save-the-salish-sea-musical-performance-as-environmental-activism-paperback","title":"A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Pedelty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the coast of Washington and British Columbia sit the misty forests and towering mountains of Cascadia. With archipelagos surrounding its shores and tidal surges of the Salish Sea trundling through the interior, this bioregion has long attracted loggers, fishing fleets, and land developers, each generation seeking successively harder to reach resources as old-growth stands, salmon stocks, and other natural endowments are depleted. Alongside encroaching developers and industrialists is the presence of a rich environmental movement that has historically built community through musical activism. From the Wobblies' \u003ci\u003eLittle Red Songbook\u003c\/i\u003e (1909) to Woody Guthrie's \u003ci\u003eColumbia River\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSongs\u003c\/i\u003e (1941) on through to the Raging Grannies' formation in 1987, Cascadia's ecology has inspired legions of songwriters and musicians to advocate for preservation through music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Mark Pedelty explores Cascadia's vibrant eco-musical community in order to understand how environmentalist music imagines, and perhaps even creates, a more sustainable conception of place. Highlighting the music and environmental work of such various groups as Dana Lyons, the Raging Grannies, Idle No More, Towers and Trees, and Irthlingz, among others, Pedelty examines the divergent strategies--musical, organizational, and technological--used by each musical group to reach different audiences and to mobilize action. He concludes with a discussion of \"applied ecomusicology,\" considering ways this book might be of use to activists and musicians at the community level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Pedelty is Professor of Communication Studies and Anthropology and Resident Fellow in the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. His books include \u003ci\u003eEcomusicology: Rock, Folk and the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMusical Ritual in Mexico City: From the Aztec to NAFTA\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749688148256,"sku":"9780253023001","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f20b71c85b5ae6212ee133ef193a122a.webp?v=1779936292","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-song-to-save-the-salish-sea-musical-performance-as-environmental-activism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}