Kīkā kila : how the Hawaiian steel guitar changed the sound of modern music /

Troutman, John William,

Kīkā kila : how the Hawaiian steel guitar changed the sound of modern music / John W. Troutman. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.

"Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Fund of the University of North Carolina Press."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface : B.B.'s dreams -- Guitar culture in the Hawaiian Kingdom -- Joseph Kekuku's steel guitar and the era of overthrow -- American debut : the making of the steel guitar craze -- Hawaiian troubadours and the global reach of the kīkā kila -- Holly-Hawaiians, electric guitars, and glass ceilings -- The disappearing of "Hawaiian" from American music -- Banishment, and return : seeking the steel guitar in the Hawaiian renaissance -- Epilogue : remembrance and kuleana.



9781469627946


Hawaiian guitar--History.
Music--History.--Hawaii
Music--History.--United States
World music--History.


Electronic Books.

ML1015 / .K555 2016