Charles L Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3629975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles L Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1903 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Origins of Cool in Postwar America
Cool is not a transhistorical concept,” Joel Dinerstein writes in his magisterial new book, “neither reducible to the clichés of a timeless or classic style nor to its contemporary sense of commodified rebellion” (p. 14). In this engrossing volume, he examines the development of “cool” as both an individual characteristic and a larger cultural category in the mid-twentieth century. Considering subjects from Humphrey Bogart to Lorraine Hansberry, …
Laurent DuBois. The Banjo
For Laurent DuBois, the ring of the banjo is the sound of the making of the modern world. In his astonishing work The Banjo: America’s African Instrument, DuBois convincingly and compellingly demonstrates the instrument’s historical role as both symbol and product of diaspora and dislocation. Evolving from West African gourd instruments, the banjo on its journey to the Americas traced the growth of New World slave capitalism and symbolized the at…
Get in Formation”
“Get in Formation”: Recent Scholarship on Popular Music and American Identities Charles L. Hughes (bio) “I Hear America Singing”: Folk Music and National Identity. By Rachel Clare Donaldson. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014. 234pp. $89.50 (cloth). $34.95 (paper). $34.95 (e-book). Natural Acts: Race, Gender, and Rusticity in Country Music. By Pamela Fox. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009. 280pp. $80.00 (cloth). $29.95 (paper…
Dangerous; Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask
Despite his massive popularity and influence, Michael Jackson has only recently begun to receive significant scholarly attention. Particularly since his death in 2009, Jackson's life and career hav
Chasing Sound
Sweet Air
A wide range of recent scholarship has complicated or debunked earlier notions of American musical tradition and authenticity. Ethnomusicologists, historians, and others have convincingly challenge...
Shakin' All Over
Go-Go Live
The Boogie‐Woogie Rumble
Europe in the Sixteenth Century
Europe in the Sixteenth Century
The Origins of Cool in Postwar America
Cool is not a transhistorical concept,” Joel Dinerstein writes in his magisterial new book, “neither reducible to the clichés of a timeless or classic style nor to its contemporary sense of commodified rebellion” (p. 14). In this engrossing volume, he examines the development of “cool” as both an individual characteristic and a larger cultural category in the mid-twentieth century. Considering subjects from Humphrey Bogart to Lorraine Hansberry, …
Europe in the Sixteenth Century
The Boogie‐Woogie Rumble
Go-Go Live
Sweet Air
A wide range of recent scholarship has complicated or debunked earlier notions of American musical tradition and authenticity. Ethnomusicologists, historians, and others have convincingly challenge...
Shakin' All Over
Dangerous; Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask
Despite his massive popularity and influence, Michael Jackson has only recently begun to receive significant scholarly attention. Particularly since his death in 2009, Jackson's life and career hav
Chasing Sound
Get in Formation”
“Get in Formation”: Recent Scholarship on Popular Music and American Identities Charles L. Hughes (bio) “I Hear America Singing”: Folk Music and National Identity. By Rachel Clare Donaldson. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014. 234pp. $89.50 (cloth). $34.95 (paper). $34.95 (e-book). Natural Acts: Race, Gender, and Rusticity in Country Music. By Pamela Fox. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009. 280pp. $80.00 (cloth). $29.95 (paper…
Laurent DuBois. The Banjo
For Laurent DuBois, the ring of the banjo is the sound of the making of the modern world. In his astonishing work The Banjo: America’s African Instrument, DuBois convincingly and compellingly demonstrates the instrument’s historical role as both symbol and product of diaspora and dislocation. Evolving from West African gourd instruments, the banjo on its journey to the Americas traced the growth of New World slave capitalism and symbolized the at…
The Origins of Cool in Postwar America
Cool is not a transhistorical concept,” Joel Dinerstein writes in his magisterial new book, “neither reducible to the clichés of a timeless or classic style nor to its contemporary sense of commodified rebellion” (p. 14). In this engrossing volume, he examines the development of “cool” as both an individual characteristic and a larger cultural category in the mid-twentieth century. Considering subjects from Humphrey Bogart to Lorraine Hansberry, …
Art (9 works) · History (7 works) · Music History and Culture (6 works) · History (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · Art history (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Business (3 works)