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bombs bursting in air Edited by Mat Callahan, Little Brown, 2025. This book poses the following questions: What exactly counts as American music? Is blackface minstrelsy American? Is Hawaiian music? Is "The Star Spangled Banner", written by an Englishman , American? Why does the Voice of America use jazz music to promote America? Bombs Bursting in Air: Music and the State tackles these questions and more. For at least 2,500 years , thinkers from Plato onward have warned of music's powers to shape society. The state has long sought to harness music for its own ends while guarding against its subversive force. This collection uncovers music forgotten or deliberately buried and contrasts it with the "American Music" promoted by the academy , music industry, journalism, AND THE US State Department. If you would like to review this book, wright to me at: [email protected] Sample reviews can be found at http://sdonline.org Click on archive and then go to back issues. George Snedeker Book Review Editor -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39785): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39785 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116878295/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
