Made in France : studies in popular music /

Made in France: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary French popular music. The volume consists of essays by scholars of French popular music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in...

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Other Authors: Guibert, Gérôme (Editor), Rudent, Catherine (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018
Series:Routledge global popular music series
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Table of Contents:
  • Part, I Zeitgeist
  • The Mutations of French Popular Music During the "Trente Glorieuses"18
  • chapter Introduction
  • What's the French Touch in French Popular Music? A Sociohistorical Introduction to Chanson and Other French Repertoires / Gérôme Guibert
  • chapter 1 Yéyé Covers or the Keynote to a Societal Adaptation
  • chapter 2 Juvenile Delinquency, Social Unrest and National Anxiety
  • French Debates and Controversies Over Rock 'n' Roll in the 1960s and 1970s
  • chapter 3 "Lost Song"
  • Serge Gainsbourg and the Transformation of French Popular Music
  • chapter 4 The Record Industry in the 1960-1970s
  • The Forgotten Story of French Popular Music
  • section Preamble / Gérôme Guibert Catherine Rudent
  • part, II Politicising Popular Music
  • chapter 5 Aural Wars
  • Race, Class, Politics and the Dilemmas of Free Jazzmen in 1960s France
  • chapter 6 Marche ou Crève
  • The Band Trust and the Singular Case of the Birth of French Heavy Metal
  • chapter 7 Rock, Race and the Republic
  • Musical Identities in Post-Colonial France
  • section Preamble / Gérôme Guibert Catherine Rudent
  • part, III Assimilation, Appropriation, French Specificity
  • chapter 8 Chanson Française
  • Between Musical Realities and Social Representations
  • chapter 9 Chanson Française
  • A Genre Without Musical Identity
  • chapter 10 Rap Audiences in France
  • The Diversification and Heterogenisation of the Appeal of Rap Music?
  • chapter 11 Towards a Greater Appreciation of the Poetry of French Rap
  • chapter 12 Punk Rock Entrepreneurship in France
  • section Preamble / Gérôme Guibert Catherine Rudent
  • part, IV From Digital Stakes to Cultural Heritage
  • French Contemporary Topics186
  • chapter 13 Incorporating Chanson Into Heritage, a Shared Process Between Museums and Collective Memory
  • The Case Study of Georges Brassens in Sète
  • chapter 14 Tecktonik and Danses Électro
  • Subculture, Media Processes and Web 2.0 1
  • chapter 15 My Dealer Is a Rock Star
  • Digital Piracy and Social Networks in the Context of the French Three-Strikes Law and HADOPI
  • chapter 16 At the Intersections of Popular Music
  • From Background Music to Localized Alternative Musical Experiences
  • chapter Coda
  • Rethinking the Popular? Some Reflections on Popular Music in France and Britain
  • chapter Afterword
  • "We Freed Ourselves From the Band Format" A Conversation With Nicolas Godin (Founding Member of the Duo Air)
  • section Preamble / Gérôme Guibert Catherine Rudent