""I Hear America Singing"" by Rachel Clare Donaldson - 9781439910795

\""I Hear America Singing\""Folk Music and National Identity\nAuthor(s): Rachel Clare Donaldson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439910795, 978-1439910795\nSynopsis\nFolk music is more than an idealized reminder of a simper past. It reveals a great deal about present-day understandings of community and belonging. It celebrates the shared traditions that define a group or nation. In America, folk music--from African American spirituals to English ballads and protest songs--renders the imagined community more tangible and comprises a critical component of our diverse national heritage.\n In \""I Hear America Singing,\"" Rachel Donaldson traces the vibrant history of the twentieth-century folk music revival from its origins in the 1930s through its end in the late 1960s. She investigates the relationship between the revival and concepts of nationalism, showing how key figures in the revival--inclu.