{"product_id":"music-and-the-elusive-revolution-cultural-politics-and-political-culture-in-france-1968-1981-volume-12-paperback","title":"Music and the Elusive Revolution: Cultural Politics and Political Culture in France, 1968-1981 Volume 12 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Drott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May 1968, France teetered on the brink of revolution as a series of student protests spiraled into the largest general strike the country has ever known. In the forty years since, May '68 has come to occupy a singular place in the modern political imagination, not just in France but across the world. Eric Drott examines the social, political, and cultural effects of May '68 on a wide variety of music in France, from the initial shock of 1968 through the \"long\" 1970s and the election of Mitterrand and the socialists in 1981. Drott's detailed account of how diverse music communities developed in response to 1968 and his pathbreaking reflections on the nature and significance of musical genre come together to provide insights into the relationships that link music, identity, and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Drott's fascinating \u003ci\u003eMusic and the Elusive Revolution: Cultural Politics and Political Culture in France, 1968-81\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us how music of all types serve as sensitive barometers of social and political currents of change. His rich body of research presents an egalitarian approach to contemporary music studies, and complements other recent scholarship that similarly focus on music and political movements during the 1960s. Drott invites us into the heart of 1968--into the institutions, and onto the streets--and reveals what this cultural revolution means for cultural politics today. An impressive, important first book by an elegant and insightful writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Amy C. Beal, author of \u003ci\u003eNew Music, New Allies: American Experimental Music in West Germany from the Zero Hour to Reunification\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fear not: Eric Drott's \u003ci\u003eMusic and the Elusive Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is not yet another rehearsal of the ubiquitous \"music-and-politics\" trope. It is vitally important for understanding the fragile alliances forged between music and French politics in the heady days of 1968, and the ways in which those alliances inflected subsequent musical practice and discourse. But it is more than that. Grounded in the assertion that musical genre mediates political expression, Drott's richly textured analysis of five such musical-political alliances is revelatory in both content and methodology. It is a must-read for those interested in the events of 1968 and their fallout, and a model for writing about the intersection of music and politics in any era.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Joy H. Calico, author of \u003ci\u003eBrecht at the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eric Drott's vivid account of the impact and aftershocks of the May 1968 \u003ci\u003eévénements\u003c\/i\u003e upon music and musical life in France is an essential contribution to our understanding of recent musical history. Drott explores the central role of musical genre in mediating political expression, through a sequence of brilliant studies of the \u003ci\u003echanson\u003c\/i\u003e, free jazz, rock and avant-garde classical music. The discussion navigates deftly between evocative case study and crisply defined theoretical insight, and is illuminated throughout by a balanced appraisal of the era's idealism and ideological fault lines. \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e will be mandatory reading not only for those seeking a fuller understanding of French musical life in the 'long 1970s', but for anyone with an interest in the relationship of music and social change.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Robert Adlington, editor of \u003ci\u003eSound Commitments: Avant-garde Music and the Sixties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Drott\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51820043436320,"sku":"9780520268975","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2fb64efe6b205990af6115aefb9411de.webp?v=1781145290","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/music-and-the-elusive-revolution-cultural-politics-and-political-culture-in-france-1968-1981-volume-12-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}