Bodies of Sound

Contents: Preface; Introduction: embodying sound/sounding bodies, Sherril Dodds and Susan C. Cook; Part I Constructing the Popular: The problem of popularity: the cancan between the French and digital revolutions, Clare Parfitt-Brown; Bellowhead: re-entering folk through a pop movement aesthetic, Sherril Dodds; Sound understandings: embodied musical knowledge and 'connection' in a ballroom dance community, Joanna Bosse. Part II Authenticity, Revival and Reinvention: Dancing out of time: the forgotten Boston of Edwardian England, Theresa Jill Buckland; The English folk voice: singing and cultural identity in the English folk revival, 1955-65, Simon Featherstone; Halling as a tool for nationalistic strategies, Anne Margrete Fiskvik. Part III (Re)Framing Value: Rocking the rhythm: dancing identities in drum 'n' bass club culture, Joanna Hall; Authenticity, uplift, and cultural value in Bahian samba junino, Danielle Robinson and Jeff Packman; Hierarchical reversals: the interplay of dance and music in West Side Story, Rachel Duerden and Bonnie Rowell; Talking machines, dancing bodies: marketing recorded dance music before World War I, Susan C. Cook. Part IV Politics of the Popular: Superficial profundity: performative translation of the dancing body in contemporary Taiwanese popular culture, Chih-Chieh Liu; Keeping the faith: issues of identity, spectacle and embodiment in Northern Soul, Laura Robinson; Jazz, dance and Black British identities, Catherine Tackley; Epilogue: terms of engagement, Sherril Dodds and Susan C. Cook; Bibliography; Index.