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Sonic Politics This volume analyses the narration of the social through music and the seismographic function of music to detect social problems and envision alternatives. Beyondstate-drivenattemptstolinkmusicalproductiontotheofficialnarra- tive of the nation, mass musical movements emerged during the 20th century that provided countercultural and alternative narratives of the prevailing socialcontext.The Americascontainnumerousexamplesof thestrongcon- nection between music and politics; Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” envisioned a socialist transformation of the U.S., the Chilean Nueva Cancióncreatedanarrativeandaffectiveframefortherecognitionofpopu- larcultureasacentralelementoftheculturalpoliticsoftheChileanwayto socialism,andReggaeemergedasaresponsetoBritishcolonialism,drawing inspirationandguidancefromthepan-AfricanistvisionsofMarcusGarvey. Providing a significant contribution to the study of music and politics/ social movements from an inter-American perspective, this book will appeal to students and scholars of U.S. and Latin American Cultural Studies, Transnational Studies, History and Political Studies, Area Studies, and Music Studies. Olaf Kaltmeier is Chair and Professor of Latin American History and Dir- ector of the Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS) as well as Director of the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) at Bielefeld University, Germany. Wilfried Raussert is Chair and Professor of North American Literary and Cultural Studies and Co-Directorof InterAmerican Studies (CIAS) at Biele- feld University, Germany. InterAmerican Research: Contact, Communication, Conflict Series Editors: Olaf Kaltmeier, Josef Raab, Wilfried Raussert, Sebastian Thies The Americas are shaped by a multitude of dynamics which have extensive, conflictiveandattimescontradictoryconsequencesforsociety,culture,politics and the environment. These processes are embeddedwithin a history of inter- dependence and mutual observation between North and South which origin- ates in the conquest and simultaneous “invention” of America by European colonialpowers. TheserieswillchallengethewayswethinkabouttheAmericas,inparticular, and the concept of area studies, in general.Put simply, the series perceives the Americas as transversally related, chronotopically entangled and multiply interconnected. In its critical positioning at the crossroads of area studies and cultural studies the series aims to push further the postcolonial, postnational, and cross-border turns in recent studies of the Americas toward a model of horizontaldialoguebetweencultures,areas,anddisciplines. The series pursues the goal to “think the Americas different” and to explore thesephenomenafromtransregionalaswellasinterdisciplinaryperspectives. For more information about this series, please visit www.routledge.com/Inter American-Research-Contact-Communication-Conflict/book-series/ASHSER- 1426 Practices of Resistance in the Caribbean Narratives, Aesthetics and Politics Edited by Wiebke Beushausen, Miriam Brandel, Joseph T. Farquharson, Marius Littschwager, Annika McPherson and Julia Roth Political Protest and Undocumented Immigrant Youth (Re-)framing Testimonio Stefanie Quakernack Critical Geopolitics of the Polar Regions An Inter-American Perspective Dorothea Wehrmann Sonic Politics Music and Social Movements in the Americas Edited by Olaf Kaltmeier and Wilfried Raussert Sonic Politics Music and Social Movements in the Americas Edited by Olaf Kaltmeier and Wilfried Raussert Firstpublished2019 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 52VanderbiltAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2019selectionandeditorialmatter,OlafKaltmeierandWilfried Raussert;individualchapters,thecontributors TherightofOlafKaltmeierandWilfriedRausserttobeidentifiedas theauthorsoftheeditorialmaterial,andoftheauthorsfortheir individualchapters,hasbeenassertedinaccordancewithsections77 and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. 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Identifiers:LCCN2019004454|ISBN9781138389397(hardback) Subjects:LCSH:Music—Politicalaspects—America—History.| Music—Socialaspects—America—History.|Socialmovements— America—History. Classification:LCCML3917.A63S662019|DDC306.4/ 8420973—dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2019004454 ISBN:978-1-138-38939-7(hbk) ISBN:978-0-429-42393-2(ebk) TypesetinTimesNewRoman byIntegraSoftwareServicesPvt.Ltd. Contents Listofillustrations vii Listofcontributors ix Introduction:Sonicpolitics:musicandthenarrationofthe socialintheAmericasfromthe1960stothepresent 1 OLAFKALTMEIERANDWILFRIEDRAUSSERT 1 Singingresistance,rebellion,andrevolutionintobeing: collectivepoliticalactionandsong 19 HELENCORDESANDERICSELBIN 2 AfricanAmericanmusicintheAmericas:slavery,sounds, andformsof“knowledge” 44 ULFRIEDREICHARDT 3 “OnlyaPawnintheirgame?”Civilrightssounding signaturesinthesummerof1963 51 FRANKMEHRING 4 Inter-public-agenda-settingeffectthroughpoliticalactivism: theroleofhip-hopmusicinthe2004U.S.Presidential Election 73 MARÍADELOSÁNGELESFLORES,CAROLL.ADAMS-MEANS, ANDMAXWELLE.MCCOMBS 5 “Callingoutaroundtheworld”:howsoulmusic transnationalizedtheAfricanAmericanfreedomstrugglein theblackpowerera(1965–1975) 88 MATTISTEINITZ vi Contents 6 “SiUnaVez”:chicanasensibilitiesandXicanista soundscapes 107 MIRIAMSTRUBE 7 Hip-hopinCiudadJuarez:aformofpoliticalparticipation 121 MARÍADELCARMENDELAPEZAC. 8 TheFandangoSinFronterasmovementandsonic migrations:performingcommunityacrossborders 142 WILFRIEDRAUSSERT 9 ThesearchforanewcollectiveepicinNicaraguan post-revolutionarymusic 158 LUISE.DUARTE 10 Rockin’forPachamama:politicalstruggleandthe narrationofhistoryinEcuadorianrockmusic 179 OLAFKALTMEIER 11 Punkisdead.Orisit?Strategiesofsubcultural positioninginthe(re-)makingofthepunkmovement 205 MARTINBUTLER 12 Politicalpie-throwing:DeadKennedysandthe Yippie-Punkcontinuum 216 MICHAELSTEWARTFOLEY Index 238 Illustrations Figures 3.1 PhotographbyPeterByrneCooke,Newport.Performing“We ShallOvercome,”(lefttoright):ThegroupPeter,Paul,and Mary(PaulStookey,MaryTravers,PeterYarrow),JoanBaez, BobDylan,RuthMaeHarris,CharlesNeblett,CordellReagon, BerniceJohnson,andPeteSeeger.PhotographedonJuly26, 1963,byJohnByrneCookeattheNewportFolkFestival, singing“WeShallOvercome”withastandingaudienceof 13,000joiningin 60 3.2 PhotographofJoanBaezandBobDylanperformingatthe MarchonWashington,Aug.28,1963.RowlandScherman, U.S.NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration(Public domain) 61 3.3 MarchonWashingtonforJobsandFreedomprogram,Aug.28, 1963(Publicdomain) 62 6.1 LydiaMendozaasanearlyexampleofaChicanaappropriating musicalgenreandinstruments 112 8.1 FromlefttorightMichelleHabell-Pállan(FandangoProject, Seattle),WilfriedRaussert(speaker,GlobalFandango Conference,CUNYNewYork2015),MarthaGonzalez (leadsingerfromtheChican@bandQuetzal)attheGlobal FandangoConferenceatCUNY,NewYork2015. ©WilfriedRaussert 145 8.2 Xalapa,Mexico2014.WorkshopMúsicaPopulardelSotavento VeracruzanoorganizedbySiraniGonzalez,YaatsilGuevara González.©WilfriedRaussert 148 10.1 Aztra,CoverImageof“TierraLibre” 187 10.2 Aztra,“TierraLibre,”Booklet 188 10.3 Aztra,“TierraLibre,”Booklet 189 viii Illustrations 10.4 Aztra,“TierraLibre,”Booklet 190 10.5 Aztra,“TierraLibre,”Booklet 191 Tables 4.1 Hip-hopagenda-settingeffectinDecision2004 82 Contributors The Editors Olaf Kaltmeier is Chair and Professorof Latin American History at Bielefeld University, Germany. He isDirectorof the Center for InterAmerican Stud- ies (CIAS) in Bielefeld and Director of Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) at Bielefeld University. His research interests include heritage studies, indigenous movements, and Inter-American studies. He is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook to the History and Society of the Americas (2019) and co-editor of the Routledge series InterAmerican Research: Contact, Communication, Conflict. Wilfried Raussert is ChairandProfessorofNorthAmericanLiteraryandCul- turalStudiesandCo-DirectorofInterAmericanStudies(CIAS)atBielefeld University, Germany. He is the founder and general editorof the e-journal fiar (Forum for Inter-American Research, www.interamerica.de), the online journal of the International Association of Inter-American Studies. He is Director of the International Association of Inter-American Studies and Chairof the research project “Entangled Americas/The Americas as Space ofEntanglement(s)”atBielefeldUniversity,fundedbytheGermanMinistry for Education and Research. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Mississippi, the Universidad de Guadalajara, Humboldt UniversityinBerlin,andUniversityCollegeCork. Heistheeditorofthe RoutledgeCompaniontoInteramericanStudies(2017). The Contributors Carol L. Adams-Means holds Master of Art and Doctor of Philosophy degreesinJournalismfromTheUniversityofTexasatAustin.Dr.Adams- Means has commercial and public media experience and became a college professor in 1982 at Prairie View A & M University where she served as News Director for NPR station KPVU-FM. She has received numerous prestigious fellowships and awards including 1st Place Faculty paper, Top Panel, from the Entertainment Studies Division of Association for Educa- torsinJournalismandMassCommunication.
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