[Folkserv] Folklore alum Levi Gibbs publishes the Cultural Politics of Singers

[Bender, Mark]

Dear Dorry, Thanks for sending news of Levi Gibb's latest book around.  Levi recently received tenure at Dartmouth College and is working on another book project (Chinese vernacular literature, following up on Song King, his study of a contemporary folk singer in northern China) as we speak.  Levi is a shining example of the interdisciplinary cooperation between professors in the OSU Center of Folklore Studies and DEALL.

Best wishes,

Mark


Mark Bender
Professor of Chinese Literature and Folklore
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
1775 College Road S, Hagerty Hall 398
Columbus, OH 43210

USA

bender.4 at osu.edu
614-688-5737


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DEALL/Folklore PhD Levi Gibbs, now Associate Professor of Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages, has just edited a set of essays on the cultural politics of singers, with global reach and an impressive array of contributors including OSU’s own Treva Lindsey. Case studies include Pete Seeger, BTS, Beyoncé, Celia Cruz, Beverly Sills, Teresa Teng, Lata Mangeshkar, and more.



The attached form offers a publisher’s discount code.



Social Voices

The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087387<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087387__;!!KGKeukY!yGmTN61KS24kBAr2NwmPuHhw7iJ_D0NMI5XtgC869ixzv_z7g3aF-7RIBCgEDn--4Sr13j5Ru6LePod7OSUt5A$>



Around the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Redžepova, Indian legend Lata Mangeshkar, and pop superstar Teresa Teng. Topics include gendered performances and the negotiation of race and class identities; the class-related contradictions exposed by the divide between highbrow and pop culture; links between narratives of overcoming struggle and the distinction between privileged and marginalized identities; singers’ ability to adapt to shifting notions of history, borders, gender, and memory in order to connect with listeners; how the meanings we read into a singer’s life and art build on one another; and technology’s ability to challenge our ideas about what constitutes music.

Cutting-edge and original, Social Voices reveals how singers and their songs equip us to process social change and divergent opinions

Contributors: Christina D. Abreu, Michael K. Bourdaghs, Kwame Dawes, Nancy Guy, Ruth Hellier, John Lie, Treva B. Lindsey, Eric Lott, Katherine Meizel, Carol A. Muller, Natalie Sarrazin, Anthony Seeger, Carol Silverman, Andrew Simon, Jeff Todd Titon, and Elijah Wald






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