When Music Migrates - Crossing British and European Racial Faultlines, 1945?2010

Jon Stratton explores the concept of 'song careers', referring to how a song is picked up and then transformed by being revisioned by different artists and in different cultural contexts, to examine the ways that music has crossed racial faultlines that have developed in the post-Second World War era as a consequence of the movement of previously c

List of contents

'A West Indian? You must be joking! I come out of the East End': Kenny Lynch and English racism in the 1950s and 1960s. Chris Blackwell and 'My Boy Lollipop': ska, race and British popular music. The travels of Johnny Reggae: from Jonathan King to Prince Far I. from skinhead to Rasta. 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da': Paul McCartney, diaspora and the politics of identity. 'Brother Louie' and the representation of interracial relationships in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Skin deep: ska and reggae on the racial faultline in Britain, 1968-1981. Rachid Taha and the postcolonial presence in French popular music. 'Police on My Back' and the postcolonial experience.

About the author

Jon Stratton is Professor of Cultural Studies at Curtin University, Australia. Jon has published widely in cultural studies, Jewish studies, Australian studies and issues related to race and multiculturalism. His publications include Jews, Race and Popular Music (Ashgate, 2009) and, edited with Andy Bennett, Britpop and the English Music Tradition (Ashgate, 2010).

Summary

Jon Stratton explores the concept of ’song careers’, referring to how a song is picked up and then transformed by being revisioned by different artists and in different cultural contexts, to examine the ways that music has crossed racial faultlines that have developed in the post-Second World War era as a consequence of the movement of previously c

Product details

• Authors: Jon Stratton, Stratton Jon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367879426
• ISBN: 978-0-367-87942-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Rock, Ethnic Studies, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Theory of music & musicology, Pop Music, Folk & traditional music, Popular Music, Folk, Folkloric styles, Theory of music and musicology, Traditional and folk music, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General