{"product_id":"9798216382829","title":"American Melodies Popular Music, Ecology, and the Quest for Community","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFor the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAmerican Melodies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePopular Music, Ecology, and the Quest for Community\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert McParland\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert McParland explores American music as a bridge between art, audiences, and the environment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Melodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of America's varied music genres that is grounded in interviews with folk, rock, and jazz musicians, music listeners, songwriters, and organizers of music programs in local communities. The author explores artists' ecological, social, and technological concerns and the ways that music as an art form can reflect upon and actively reshape lived realities. Through interviews and conversations, he examines how the spirit of jazz, folk music and Americana, country, and rock music brings to life relationships between people, connection with their communities, and expression of social and ecological concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobert McParland \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English and the Humanities at Felician University, USA. He is a singer-songwriter who holds degrees in arts administration, literary studies, and cultural history. His books include \u003ci\u003eBeyond Gatsby: How Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Other Writers of the 1920s Shaped American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eCitizen Steinbeck \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), and \u003ci\u003eRock Music Imagination \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), all published by Bloomsbury.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 August 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216382829\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55552979566732,"sku":"9798216382829","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_52d840fc-275f-4fb7-bd95-98f92959d884.jpg?v=1788313748","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216382829","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}