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Thanks 2009/12/7, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>: > > I can only speak for me own country, Australia, Iluvi. In the 1960s, > American folk singers (later also Australian) played a huge role in > developing the social and political consciousness of young people. I learnt > many decades later that the "folk music club" I went to every week to listen > to the songs of people like Pete Seeger in early 1960s was run by the > Communist Party. The folk music movement was intimately linked to the > stirring of the political consciousness which led to 1968 and all that. > > Andy > > ulvi icil wrote: > >> And now, a suggestion about an issue directly related with XMCA and a >> universal one, beyond Chile... >> >> Does anybody know any study which investigates the role of singers like >> Victor Jara or Pete Seeger or others play in their respective countries in >> the social consciousness of the people? Certainly there should be books >> on >> these singers, but I specifically ask from the point of view of the role >> or >> the effect of the singer in social formation of his/her people's mind and >> consciousness... >> Ulvi >> > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca