"Soul Trains" by Larry Portis
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ISBN 1-58939-220-5. $15.95. Softcover. 280 Pages. Soul Trains shows how the interaction of social classes and ethnic communities, and the growth of a music industry, created new music in the United States and Britain. A central question addressed is how popular perceptions of "authentic" musical expression are influenced by attempts to control or modify musical taste. The dynamic of musical innovation in capitalist society emerges from a process conditioned by historical events, language, and cultural traditions acting variously as forces for rebellion, resistance or reaction. This book avoids abstract language or jargon. It shows how popular musical culture cannot be understood apart from economic change and the evolution of social relationships. An excellent initiation to the history of popular music, it is especially recommended to the general reader and for use as an introductory text in the study of cultural and social change. A "people's history," Soul Trains combines major contributions to scholarship in a single parnorama of musical evolution related to the struggles of ordinary people. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Larry Portis was born in the USA, in Bremerton, Washington. He grew up in Seattle (Washington) and Billings (Montana). Having emigrated to France in 1977, he is currently Professor of American Studies at the University of Montpellier, France. He has doctorates from Northern Illinois University and the University of Paris, and previously held teaching positions at the American University of Paris, the University of Paris (Jussieu), and the University of Clermont-Ferrand. He has published widely in the fields of European and US history and in sociology. His books include Georges Sorel (1980), Georges Sorel, présentation et textes choisis (1982), IWW et syndicalisme révolutionnaire aux Etats-Unis (1985), Les Classes sociales en France. Un débat inachèvé (1789-1989) (1988), La Main de fer en Palestine. Histoire et actualité de la lutte dans les territoires occupés (1992), Dictionnaire Black (1995), La politique étrangère des États-Unis depuis 1945. De la Guerre Mondiale à mondialisation (2000). Login to review this product