American Popular Music : New Approaches to the Twentieth Century - 01 edition

Rubin, Rachel (Ed.) : University of Massachusetts Boston

Rachel Rubin is assistant professor of American studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston and author of Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature.

Melnick, Jeffrey (Ed.) : Babson College

Jeffrey Melnick is assistant professor of American studies at Babson College and author of A Right to Sing the Blues: African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song.

"American Popular Music is an important contribution. . . . There is no volume of this breadth currently available. It will be an invaluable research, reference, and teaching tool that I will use in my own courses and writing."

--Farah Jasmine Griffin, University of Pennsylvania

"This is a fine, eclectic group of original essays. . . . The writing is good; the book is readable. This volume will be quite useful in courses on American popular music, American studies, and American history."

--Barbara Tischler, author of An American Music: The Search for an American Musical Identity

University of Massachusetts Press Web Site, August, 2002

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Work of Popular Music
Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick

I. They Work Hard for Their Money: The Business of Popular Music
David Sanjek

II. Tin Pan Alley and the Black-Jewish Nation
Jeffrey Melnick

III. How I got to Memphis: The Blues and the Study of American Culture
James Smethurst

IV. Listening to Jazz
Geoffrey Jacques

V. Sing Me Back Home: Nostalgia, Bakersfield, and Modern Country Music
Rachel Rubin

VI. Off the Charts: Outrage and Exclusion in the Eruption of Rock and Roll
Rebee Garofalo

VII. Another Man is Beating My Time: Gender and Sexuality in Rhythm and Blues
Mark Anthony Neal

VIII. One Hundred Years of Black Gospel Quartet Singing
Kip Lornell

IX. Contextualizing Rap
Gail Hilson Woldu

X. The Folk Revival: Beyond Child's Canon and Sharp's Song Catching
Millie Rahn

XI. Polka Contrabandista: Mexican Ballads in the Modern Age
Elijah Wald

Works Cited
Notes on Contributors
Index