Reds, Whites, and Blues: Social Movements, Folk Music, and Race in the United States

Description

Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the meaning of its lyrics, but through the concrete s

William G. Roy is professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Socializing Capital (Princeton) and Making Societies.

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