Blerwytirhwng?: the place of Welsh pop music

By surveying the development of Welsh-language popular music from 1945-2000, this book examines those moments of crisis in Welsh cultural life which signalled a burgeoning sense of national identity, which challenged paradigms of linguistic belonging, and out of which emerged new expressions of Wels...

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1. Verfasser: Hill, Sarah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot [u.a.] Ashgate 2007
Schriftenreihe:Ashgate popular and folk music series
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Zusammenfassung:By surveying the development of Welsh-language popular music from 1945-2000, this book examines those moments of crisis in Welsh cultural life which signalled a burgeoning sense of national identity, which challenged paradigms of linguistic belonging, and out of which emerged new expressions of Welshness.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-232) and index
Blerwytirhwng? -- Introduction -- Theories of culture -- Placing Welsh pop -- Identifying Welsh pop -- A cultural history of Welsh popular music -- Wales before 1963 : creating the culture -- 1963-73 : locating the audience -- 1973-82 : establishing new traditions -- 1982-90 : breaking the mold -- 1990-2000 : broadening the scope -- Case studies -- Dafydd Iwan and the new Welsh 'folk culture' -- Welsh reggae : the sound of the city -- Datblygu and the embodiment of Welsh pop -- Y Tystion : Wales joins the hip hop nation -- Dis-located : Welsh musicians in the Anglo-American market
Beschreibung:VI, 236 S. Ill. 24 cm