Acting in Concert: Music, Community, and Political Action

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Popular Music and Community
Chapter 2 Popular Music, Political Action, and Power
Chapter 3 El pueblo, unido, jamas sera vencido: Popular Music and Democratic Politics in Chile, 1960-1973
Chapter 4 Vamos a vivir: Resistance and Redemocratization after the 1973 Coup
Chapter 5 Laissez les bon temps roulez: Cajun Music and Cultural Revival
Chapter 6 Stirring Up the Roux: Negotiating Cajun Identity and Relations with Black Creoles
Chapter 7 Entering the Circle: Powwow Music in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin
Chapter 8 Music, Community, and Diversity
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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In this lively account of politics and popular music, Mark Mattern develops the concept of "acting in concert," a metaphor for community-based political action through music. Through three detailed case studies of Chilean, Cajun, and American Indian popular music, Mattern explores the way popular muisicians forge community and lead members of their communities in several distinct kinds of political action that would be difficult or impossible among individuals who are not linked by communal ties.

More than just entertainment, Mattern argues that popular music can serve as a social glue for bringing together a multitude of voices that might otherwise remain silent, and that political action through music can increase the potential for relatively marginalized people to choose and determine their own fate.

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