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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pieslak, Jonathan R. Sound targets. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009 (OCoLC)639786958 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan R Pieslak |
ISBN: | 9780253353238 0253353238 9780253220875 0253220874 |
OCLC Number: | 261177321 |
Description: | x, 226 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Music and contemporary military recruiting -- Music as an inspiration for combat -- Looking at the opposing forces -- Music as a psychological tactic -- Music as a form of soldier expression -- Metal and rap ideologies in the Iraq War. |
Responsibility: | Jonathan Pieslak. |
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Pieslak's Sound Targets offers a serious and insightful examination of how music was used by American soldiers in the Iraq War.November 2009 * Times Higher Education * All in all, the author has amassed a profusion of valuable information and data about music and the Iraq War . . . Research into music's role in armed conflict is in its infancy . . . and we are in need of the kinds of histories and contexts he establishes and the accounts he records, especially in such an eminently readable and accessible text. . . . [W]e must recognize Jonathan Pieslak for having bravely opened the door for further exploration through his pioneering study. 29:1, Spring 2011 * American Music * I highly recommend this book for all those interested in relationships between artistic expression and politics, war, militarism, and psychology. Its writing style is both accessible and sophisticated, making it appropriate for use in either undergraduate or graduate courses. October, 2009 -- Lisa Gilman * University of Oregon * [This] book documents and explains various ways in which music is intertwined throughout the lives of many American soldiers . . . serving in Iraq. The author's purpose for this work is to offer a glimpse into these military lives and add to the literature on music and war. 13 1-2 2010 * Music Reference Services Quarterly * Pieslak's careful consideration of soldier accounts about music and his detailed analyses of specific musical texts, videos, and repertoires make Sound Targets an important and timely contribution to the growing discourse around music and war. * MUSICultures * Read more...


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