TY  - GEN
T1  - Czech Bluegrass  : Notes from the Heart of Europe
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Bidgood, Lee
LA  - English
PP  - Urbana, IL
PB  - University of Illinois Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1005593536
AB  - Bluegrass has found an unlikely home, and an avid following, in the Czech Republic. The music's emergence in Central Europe places it within an increasingly global, network of communities built around bluegrass activities. Lee Bidgood offers a fascinating study of the Czech bluegrass phenomenon, merging intimate immersion in the music with on-the-ground fieldwork informed by his life as a working musician. Drawing on his own personal and professional interactions, Bidgood charts how Czech bluegrass put down roots and looks at its performance as a uniquely Czech musical practice. He also reflects on "Americanist" musical projects and the ways Czech musicians use them to construct personal and social identities. Bidgood sees these acts of construction as a response to the Czech Republic's postsocialist environment but also to US cultural prominence within a global mediascape. Book jacket.
CN  - ML3520
SN  - 9780252050053
SN  - 0252050053
SN  - 9780252041457 (hardcover : alk. paper)
SN  - 9780252083006 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 0252041453
SN  - 0252083008
SN  - 9780252083006
KW  - Bluegrass music : Czech Republic.
KW  - Bluegrass music : Europe.
KW  - MUSIC / Musical Instruments / General.
KW  - MUSIC / Printed Music / Band & Orchestra.
KW  - MUSIC / General
KW  - Bluegrass music
KW  - Czech Republic
KW  - Europe
ER  -