Dancing in the Street

Informationen zum Autor Suzanne E. Smith is Associate Professor of History! George Mason University. Klappentext Against a background of events on the national scene, "Dancing in the Street"presents a vivid picture of the Civil Rights movement in Detroit, with Motownat its heart. 18 halftones. Zusammenfassung Detroit in the 1960s was a city with a pulse: people were marching in step with Martin Luther King, Jr.; dancing in the street with Martha and the Vandellas; facing off with city police. Through it all, Motown provided the beat. Here is the story of Motown—as musical style and entrepreneurial phenomenon—and of its relationship to Motor Town, USA. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: "Can't Forget the Motor City" "In Whose Heart There Is No Song! To Him the Miles Are Many and Long": Motown and Detroit's Great March to Freedom "Money (That's What I Want)": Black Capitalism and Black Freedom in Detroit "Come See About Me": Black Cultural Production in Detroit "Afro-American Music! without Apology": The Motown Sound and the Politics of Black Culture "The Happening": Detroit! 1967 "What's Going On?" Motown and New Detroit Conclusion: "Come Get These Memories" Notes Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne E Smith, Suzanne E. Smith, Smith Suzanne E.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2001
• EAN: 9780674005464
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00546-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Soul and Funk, Ethnic Studies, Music, Geography, Cultural Studies, Michigan, Popular Music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'n B