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Popular music in France from chanson to techno : culture, identity, and society / edited by Hugh Dauncey and Steve Cannon.
| Other author | Cannon, Steve, 1963- editor. |
| Other author | Dauncey, Hugh, 1961- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2003. |
| Description | xii, 282 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ashgate popular and folk music series Ashgate popular and folk music series. ^A512613 |
| Contents | Introduction: Music, modernization and popular identity / Richard Middleton -- The study of popular music between sociology and aesthetics: a survey of current research in France / Philippe Le Guern -- In from the margins: chanson, pop and cultural legitimacy / David Looseley -- The French music industry: structures challenges and responses / Hugh Dauncey -- Popular music on French radio and television / Geoff Hare -- The popular music press / Mat Pires -- The disintegration of community: popular music in French cinema 1945-present / Phil Powrie -- Le Demy-monde: the bewitched, betwixt and between French musical / Robynn J. Stilwell -- Chanson engagée and political activism in the 1950s and 1960s: Léo Ferré and Georges Brassens / Chris Tinker -- Divided loyalties: singing in the occupation / Christopher Lloyd -- Rock and culture in France: ways, processes and conditions of integration / Philippe Teillet -- Globalization, Americanization and hip hop in France / Steve Cannon -- Flaubert's sparrow, or the Bovary of Bellville: Édith Piaf as cultural icon / Keith Reader -- French electronic music: the invention of a tradition / Philippe Birgy -- Conclusion: French popular music, cultural exception and globalization / Hugh Dauncey and Steve Cannon. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002028149 |
| ISBN | 0754608492 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3489 .P67 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |