Reds, Whites, and Blues (ebook)

Argumento de Reds, Whites, and Blues (ebook)

"The importance of this excellent book is that it revisits these two movements and reveals once again the power of culture."--Ron Eyerman, American Journal of Sociology

"Although some of Roy's theoretical discussions in the early chapters should interest folk music scholars, his book will be more important to students of social movements."--Robert V. Wells, Journal of American History

Winner of the 2011 Charles Tilly Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association

"Social movement scholars have slowly begun to explore the rich topic of culture and contention. With this wonderful book, Roy breaks important new ground by looking beyond the culture of a given movement to explore the social relations by which movements do culture and with what effects. The argument he puts forward, from examining the Old Left and Civil Rights Movement, is both convincing and important."--Doug McAdam, Stanford University

"This exceptional book provides one of the most grounded sociological accounts of music and its role in social movements to date. Integrating insights from the sociology of culture, music, and organizations with in-depth historical analyses of American folk traditions, Reds, Whites and Blues is both theoretically astute and innovative. It is a must-read, with implications for many specialties in our field."--Vincent Roscigno, Ohio State University

"In this revealing and incisive book, Roy shows how folk music inhabited two transformative moments of American social history in very different ways. Turning from how movements emerge to what they do, he demonstrates how music both reflects and reshapes the relations between movement leaders and militants. Some movements, his book shows, use music as a weapon of propaganda; others as a means of creating solidarity. Students of movements and American history will never again be able to sideline music as a mere ornament of social movement studies."--Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University

"With these carefully documented and well-argued case studies, Roy makes a considerable contribution to cultural sociology in general and social movement studies in particular, and those with a background in the latter field will gain the most from the work as a whole."--Dana Sawchuk, Political Studies Review0Preface ix
Chapter One: Social Movements, Music, and Race 1
Chapter Two: Music and Boundaries: Race and Folk 28
Chapter Three: The Original Folk Project 49
Chapter Four: White and Black Reds: Building an Infrastructure 79
Chapter Five: Movement Entrepreneurs and Activists 100
Chapter Six: Organizing Music: The Fruits of Entrepreneurship 126
Chapter Seven: The Highlander School 155
Chapter Eight: Music at the Heart of the Quintessential Social Movement 181
Chapter Nine: A Movement Splintered 213
Chapter Ten: How Social Movements Do Culture 234
Appendix: Coding of Songbooks and Song Anthologies 251
Notes 253
References 263
Index 277