Song and Democratic Culture in Britain: An Approach to Popular Culture in Social Movements

Contents

• 1. Sounding Off: Aims and Approaches
• 2. Roots: Industrial Folk Song and Other Song Types
• 3. The Folk and the Revivals
• 4. Two Cultures
• 5. Song and the Reaction to Social Change
• 6. Song and Work
• 7. The Dialectics of Oppression and Resilience
• 8. Towards Criteria for Aesthetic Assessment
• 9. Introducing Jim Brown
• 10. The Contribution of Ewan MacColl
• 11. The Movement: Prospects and Suggestions for a Cultural Policy