{"product_id":"southern-history-remixed-on-rock-n-roll-and-the-dilemma-of-race-hardcover","title":"Southern History Remixed: On Rock 'n' Roll and the Dilemma of Race - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael T. Bertrand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow popular music reveals deep histories of racial tensions in southern culture \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouthern History Remixed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e spotlights the key role of popular music in the shaping of the United \u003cbr\u003eStates South from the late nineteenth century to the era of rock 'n' \u003cbr\u003eroll in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. While musical activities are often \u003cbr\u003esidelined in historical narratives of the region, Michael Bertrand shows\u003cbr\u003e that they can reveal much about social history and culture change as he\u003cbr\u003e connects the rise of rock 'n' roll to the civil rights movement for \u003cbr\u003eracial equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Bertrand traces a \u003cbr\u003elong-term culture war in which white southerners struggled over the \u003cbr\u003eregion's cultural complexion with music serving as an engine that both \u003cbr\u003esustained and challenged white supremacy. He shows how rock 'n' roll \u003cbr\u003eemerged as a working-class genre with biracial sources that stoked white\u003cbr\u003e racial anxieties and engaged the region's color and culture lines. This\u003cbr\u003e book discusses the conflict over southern identity that played out in \u003cbr\u003eresponses to jazz, barn dance radio, Pentecostal and gospel music, Black\u003cbr\u003e radio programming, and rhythm and blues, concluding with a close look \u003cbr\u003eat the popularity of Elvis Presley within a racially segregated society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouthern History Remixed\u003c\/em\u003e suggests that both \u003cbr\u003eBlack and white southerners have used music as a tool to resist or \u003cbr\u003enegotiate a rigid regional hierarchy. Urging readers and scholars to \u003cbr\u003etake the study of popular music seriously, Bertrand argues that what \u003cbr\u003eoccurs in the music world affects and reflects what happens in politics \u003cbr\u003eand history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749893177632,"sku":"9780813069890","price":145.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4cc72e3001afc8124ace160b410fb88b.webp?v=1779940159","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/southern-history-remixed-on-rock-n-roll-and-the-dilemma-of-race-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}