Situating public performances: folk singers and song introductions
Studies in Symbolic Interaction
ISBN: 978-1-84855-784-0, eISBN: 978-1-84855-785-7
Publication date: 30 October 2009
Abstract
This chapter pays particular attention to the place of song introductions as an integral feature of public performance. Locating this analysis within the subculture of contemporary folk music, I demonstrate how song introductions can accomplish six important things: (1) provide an interpretive frame for understanding a performance, (2) cast performances in emotive terms, (3) situate performances in the larger context of marketing and sales, (4) contribute to moral entrepreneurial agendas, (5) align the performer's actions, and (6) offer a venue for making disclaimers. By demonstrating how performers accomplish these things, I locate song introductions within the larger context of situating public performances more generally.
Citation
Grills, S. (2009), "Situating public performances: folk singers and song introductions", Denzin, N.K. (Ed.) Studies in Symbolic Interaction (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 33), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2009)0000033004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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