Sounds French

Sounds French examines the history of popular music in France between the arrival of rock and roll in 1958 and the collapse of the first wave of punk in 1980, and the connections between musical genres and concepts of community in French society.

Jonathyne Briggs is an associate professor of history at Indiana University Northwest, where he teaches on European youth culture and the history of pop music. He has published extensively on French popular music in the 1960s and '70s in journals and collections. He lives in Chicago, still toys with his favorite guitar, and hopes that someday Daft Punk will play at his house.

Acknowledgements
About the Companion Website
Introduction: Sounds Uncertain
Chapter 1: Sounds Young: Copains and the Community of Youth
Chapter 2: Sounds Traditional: The chanson as a Site of Globalization
Chapter 3: Sounds Revolutionary: Progressive Rock and Cultural Revolutions
Chapter 4: Sounds Regional: The World in Breton Folk Music
Chapter 5: Sounds Distorted: Punque and the Limits of Globalization
Coda: Sounds French
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