Sounds French

Description:

Sounds French examines the history of popular music in France between the arrival of rock and roll in 1958 and the collapse of the first wave of punk in 1980, and the connections between musical genres and concepts of community in French society. During this period, scholars have tended to view the social upheavals associated with postwar reconstruction as part of debates concerning national identity in French culture and politics, a tendency that developed from political figures' and intellectuals' concerns with French national identity. In this book, the author reorients the scholarship away from an exclusive focus on national identity and instead towards an investigation of other identities that develop as a result of the increased globalization of culture.

subjects: Popular music, history and criticism,  Music, french,  Globalization,  Music, history and criticism, 20th century,  Popular music,  History and criticism,  Music and globalization,  Pop music,  Musique populaire,  Musique et mondialisation