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OverviewMusical Solidarities: Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland is a music history of Solidarity, the social movement opposing state socialism in 1980s Poland. The story unfolds along crucial sites of political action under state socialism: underground radio networks, the sanctuaries of the Polish Roman Catholic Church, labor strikes and student demonstrations, and commemorative performances. Through innovative close listenings of archival recordings, author Andrea F. Bohlman uncovers creative sonic practices in bootleg cassettes, televised state propaganda, and the unofficial, uncensored print culture of the opposition. She argues that sound both unified and splintered the Polish opposition, keeping the contingent formations of political dissent in dynamic tension. By revealing the diverse repertories-singer-songwriter verses, religious hymns, large-scale symphonies, experimental music, and popular song-that played a role across the decade, she challenges paradigmatic visions of a late twentieth-century global protest culture that place song and communitas at the helm of social and political change. Musical Solidarities brings together perspectives from historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and sound studies to demonstrate the value of sound for thinking politics. Unfurling the rich soundscapes of political action at demonstrations, church services, meetings, and in detention, it offers a nuanced portrait of this pivotal decade of European and global history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrea F. Bohlman (Assistant Professor of Music, Assistant Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.615kg ISBN: 9780190938284ISBN 10: 0190938285 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 10 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsMusical Solidarities is a truly remarkable book: Bohlman makes the sounds of the Solidarity movement come alive for readers, with extraordinary sensitivity. It is a rare work of scholarship that is sure to have a profound impact on music studies and beyond. -- Eric Drott, University of Texas at Austin In this pathbreaking study, Andrea F. Bohlman takes us on a remarkable journey, listening for, though, with, and against the ever-discordant voices of history. Bohlman is a writer like no other, a pioneering student of sound and its kaleidoscope of endlessly transmutable meanings. And Musical Solidarities is a book like no other. Simply put, you will never think about the Cold War and its endings in the same way again. -- Kevin C. Karnes, Emory University Author Information"Andrea F. Bohlman is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research concerns sound, affect, and social movements in East Central Europe, as well as the history of sound recording-particularly tape. In 2017, she co-edited a special issue of Twentieth-Century Music with Peter McMurray on tape and tape recording. Her 2016 article ""Song, Solidarity, and the Sound Document"" in the Journal of Musicology was distinguished with the Alfred Einstein Award of the American Musicological Society for the best article by a scholar in the early stages of their career." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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