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Sweet Freedom's Song: How Music of Patriotism, Protest, and Persistence Shapes American Identity

Sweet Freedom's Song: How Music of Patriotism, Protest, and Persistence Shapes American Identity

Lasser, Michael

Hardcover

Country & FolkMusic Instruction: GeneralMusic Reference

ISBN13: 9798765149157
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Nov 13 2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.11 Width: 6.21 Depth: 9.11
Language: English

A musical adventure through America as a land of songs, uncovering how American identity and values are found in popular and folk music.

Michael Lasser cuts across a wide swath of history and people, from This Land Is My Land to Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, and shows how songs that help to shape and reflect American attitudes possess, at the very least, an element of patriotism.

Lasser writes about Yankee Doodle as the country's first important patriotic song and looks at its recurrence over the next two centuries. He covers protest songs as a form of patriotic expression; songs from African American people, including as slaves and as free people; and songs of women's suffrage. On the flip side, he also critically analyzes racist, ethnic, and anti-immigrant songs. While the book celebrates America's successes, it does not shrink from its flaws and failures. Lasser turns America into a land of songs, taking readers on an exciting ride through the nation, its history, and its people.

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