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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Guitar cultures. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2001 (OCoLC)639778117 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Andy Bennett; Kevin Dawe |
| ISBN: | 1859734294 9781859734292 1859734340 9781859734346 |
| OCLC Number: | 47637564 |
| Description: | x, 215 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : Guitars, cultures, people and places / Kevin Dawe and Andy Bennett -- The guitar in the blues music of the deep South / David Evans -- Unplugged : blues guitarists and the myth of acousticity / Peter Narvèz -- "Plug in and play!" : UK "indie-guitar" culture / Andy Bennett -- Handmade in Spain : the culture of guitar making / Kevin Dawe with Moira Dawe -- The guitar as artifact and icon : identity formation in the babyboom generation / John Ryan and Richard A. Peterson -- Into the arena : Edward Van Halen and the cultural contradictions of the guitar hero / Steve Waksman -- The guitar cultures of Papua New Guinea : regional, social, and stylistic diversity / Denis Crowdy -- Hybridity and segregation in the guitar cultures of Brazil / Suzel Ana Reily -- Rock to raga : the many lives of the Indian guitar / Martin Clayton. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Andy Bennett and Kevin Dawe. |
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'Guitar Cultures succeeds admirably in delivering a broad global perspective on the instrument and its place in different cultures. ... Any guitar enthusiast should welcome this book, and discover a wealth of factual information and well grounded argument. I complement the editors and contributors on their initiative and the quality of the publication.'Jon Fitzgerald, Southern Cross University, Lismore Read more...
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