TY - BOOK AU - Svec,Henry Adam TI - American folk music as tactical media /by Henry Adam Svec T2 - Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques SN - 9789048535859 AV - ML3551 .A447 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Folk music KW - United States KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 2; b N2 - American folk music has long presented a problematic conception of authenticity, but the reality of the folk scene, and its relationship to media, is far more complicated. This book draws on the fields of media archaeology, performance studies, and sound studies to explore the various modes of communication that can be uncovered from the long American folk revival. From Alan Lomax's cybernetic visions to Bob Dylan's noisy writing machines, this book retrieves a subterranean discourse on the concept of media that might help us to reimagine the potential of the networks in which we work, play, and sing UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1691693&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -