My Song Is My Weapon: People's Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-50 - Brossura

Lieberman, Robbie

 
9780252065255: My Song Is My Weapon: People's Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-50

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A revealing exploration of the origins and development of People's Songs, Inc., "My Song Is My Weapon won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Robbie Lieberman brings to life the hootenannies, concerts, and rallies of the time, paying special attention to the politics of culture of the Old Left. Her analysis of the communist movement culture, coupled with interviews with former members of People's Songs, sheds new light on Cold War America, the American Communist movement, and the experience of left-wing cultural workers.

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Robbie Lieberman is chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department and a professor of interdisciplinary studies at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of Prairie Power: Voices of 1960s Midwestern Student Protest and coeditor of Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement.

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9780252015595: My Song Is My Weapon: People's Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-50

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ISBN 10:  0252015592 ISBN 13:  9780252015595
Casa editrice: Univ of Illinois Pr, 1988
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