{"product_id":"musical-solidarities-political-action-and-music-in-late-twentieth-century-poland-9780190084080","title":"Musical Solidarities: Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland","description":"\u003cem\u003eMusical Solidarities: Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland\u003c\/em\u003e is a music history of Solidarity, the social movement opposing state socialism in 1980s Poland. The story unfolds along crucial sites of political action under state socialism: underground radio networks, the\u003cbr\u003esanctuaries of the Polish Roman Catholic Church, labor strikes and student demonstrations, and commemorative performances. Through innovative close listenings of archival recordings, author Andrea F. Bohlman uncovers creative sonic practices in bootleg cassettes, televised state propaganda, and the\u003cbr\u003eunofficial, uncensored print culture of the opposition. She argues that sound both unified and splintered the Polish opposition, keeping the contingent formations of political dissent in dynamic tension. By revealing the diverse repertories-singer-songwriter verses, religious hymns, large-scale\u003cbr\u003esymphonies, experimental music, and popular song-that played a role across the decade, she challenges paradigmatic visions of a late twentieth-century global protest culture that place song and communitas at the helm of social and political change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMusical Solidarities\u003c\/em\u003e brings together perspectives from historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and sound studies to demonstrate the value of sound for thinking politics. Unfurling the rich soundscapes of political action at demonstrations, church services, meetings, and in detention, it offers a\u003cbr\u003enuanced portrait of this pivotal decade of European and global history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea F. Bohlman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190084080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea F. Bohlman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research concerns sound, affect, and social movements in East Central Europe, as well as the history of sound recording-particularly tape. In 2017, she co-edited a special issue of \u003cem\u003eTwentieth-Century Music\u003c\/em\u003e with Peter McMurray on tape and tape recording. Her 2016 article Song, Solidarity, and the Sound Document in the Journal of Musicology was distinguished with the Alfred Einstein Award of the American Musicological Society for the best article by a scholar in the early stages of their career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39927184818291,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4b1aad65-9eda-4a43-927f-05eeda17948c.jpg?v=1647523674","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/musical-solidarities-political-action-and-music-in-late-twentieth-century-poland-9780190084080","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}