ABSTRACT
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 France. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in France, followed by essays that are organized into thematic sections: The Mutations of French Popular Music During the "Trente Glorieuses"; Politicising Popular Music; Assimilation, Appropriation, French Specificity; and From Digital Stakes to Cultural Heritage: French Contemporary Topics.
Contributors:
Christian Béthune
Juliette Dalbavie
Gérôme Guibert
Fabien Hein
Olivier Julien
Marc Kaiser
Barbara Lebrun
David Looseley
Stéphanie Molinero
Anne Petiau
Cécile Prévost-Thomas
Vincent Rouzé
Catherine Rudent
Matthieu Saladin
Jedediah Sklower
Raphaël Suire
Florence Tamagne
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |16 pages
Introduction
part I|53 pages
Zeitgeist
section |51 pages
Preamble
chapter 2|11 pages
Juvenile Delinquency, Social Unrest and National Anxiety
part II|45 pages
Politicising Popular Music
section |43 pages
Preamble
chapter 6|15 pages
Marche ou Crève
part III|68 pages
Assimilation, Appropriation, French Specificity
section |66 pages
Preamble
chapter 10|12 pages
Rap Audiences in France
part IV|53 pages
From Digital Stakes to Cultural Heritage
section |51 pages
Preamble
