American Folk Music as Tactical Media

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.

Henry Adam Svec completed his doctorate at the University of Western Ontario, and he has been published in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Journal of Popular Music Studies, and elsewhere. He is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.

Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Alan Lomax's Deep Rivers of Digitality 2. Pete Seeger's Time-Biased Tactics 3. Bob Dylan's Noisy Faces 4. A Folk Approach to Imaginary Media 5. Another Authentic Folk Is Possible 6. American Folk Music as Strategic Media, Epilogue References, Index.