Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno: Culture, Identity and Society by

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Why do musicians and music analysts deny that music is irreducibly social, or at least behave as if it isn't? The answer is itself socially specific. These writings examine the interaction between French popular music and French society, identity and culture.

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In France during the 1960s and 1970s, popular music became a key component of socio-cultural modernization as the music/record industry became increasingly important in both economic and cultural terms in response to demographic changes and the rise of the modern media. As France began questioning traditional ways of understanding politics and culture before and after May 1968, music as popular culture became an integral part of burgeoning media activity. Press, radio and television developed free from de Gaulle's state domination of information, and political activism shifted its concerns to the use of regional languages and regional cultures, including the safeguard of traditional popular music against the centralizing tendencies of the Republican state. The cultural and political significance of French music was again revealed in the 1990s, as French-language music became a highly visible example of France's quest to maintain her cultural "exceptionalism" in the face of the perceived globalizing hegemony of English and US business and cultural imperialism. Laws were passed instituting minimum quotas of French-language music.The 1980s and 1990s witnessed developing issues raised by new technologies, as compact discs, the minitel telematics system, the Internet and other innovations in radio and television broadcasting posed new challenges to musicians and the music industry. These trends and developments are the subject of this volume of essays by leading scholars across a range of disciplines including French studies, musicology, cultural and media studies and film studies. It constitutes an attempt to provide a complete and up-to-date overview of the place of popular music in modern France and the reception of French popular music abroad.

Author Biography

Hugh Dauncey, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and Steve Cannon, University of Sunderland, UK Contributors: R. Middleton, P. Leguern, D. Looseley, H. Dauncey, G. Hare, M. Pires, P. Powrie, R. Stilwell, Leo Ferre, C. Tinker, C. Lloyd, P. Teillet, S. Cannon, K. Reader, P. Birgy.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Book I: Renaissance and Reformation; I: The Beginning; II: The Mediæval Soul; III: The Incubation Period; IV: La Rinascieta; V: Reason Takes Charge; VI: The German Religion; VII: The Night of St. Bartholomew; Chronology

Review

'... an immensely valuable collection of essays, enriched by a jewel of a bibliography that will surely inspire scholars in the interdisciplinary field of French cultural studies, where history and sociology come together with high, low and middlebrow forms of expressions.' H-France Reviews

Long Description

In France during the 1960s and 1970s, popular music became a key component of socio-cultural modernisation as the music/record industry became increasingly important in both economic and cultural terms in response to demographic changes and the rise of the modern media. As France began questioning traditional ways of understanding politics and culture before and after May 1968, music as popular culture became an integral part of burgeoning media activity. Press, radio and television developed free from de Gaulle's state domination of information, and political activism shifted its concerns to the use of regional languages and regional cultures, including the safeguard of traditional popular music against the centralising tendencies of the Republican state.The cultural and political significance of French music was again revealed in the 1990s, as French-language music became a highly visible example of France's quest to maintain her cultural 'exceptionalism' in the face of the perceived globalising hegemony of English and US business and cultural imperialism. Laws were passed instituting minimum quotas of French-language music. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed developing issues raised by new technologies, as compact discs, the minitel telematics system, the internet and other innovations in radio and television broadcasting posed new challenges to musicians and the music industry.These trends and developments are the subject of this volume of essays by leading scholars across a range of disciplines including French studies, musicology, cultural and media studies and film studies. It constitutes the first attempt to provide a complete and up-to-date overview of the place of popular music in modern France and the reception of French popular music abroad.

Details ISBN0754608492 Series Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series Year 2003 ISBN-10 0754608492 ISBN-13 9780754608493 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2003-08-27 Subtitle Culture, Identity and Society Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 780.944 Illustrations bibliography Edited by Hugh Dauncey Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Pages 296 Short Title Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780754608493 UK Release Date 2003-08-27 AU Release Date 2003-08-27 NZ Release Date 2003-08-27 Author Steve Cannon Alternative 9781138277373 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London We've got this

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