This paper suggests that this radical transformation happened as a result of a double movement in which American popular music was first transplanted to Europe, especially to Great Britain, in the second half of the 1950s, and indigenized” as a consequence of that transplantation, and later returned to its sender through a phenomenon known as the “British Invasion.” This movement radically transformed popular music for decades to come.

Recolonizing the Blues: The Paradox of the British Invasion of American Popular Music

CAROSSO, Andrea
2013-01-01

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This paper suggests that this radical transformation happened as a result of a double movement in which American popular music was first transplanted to Europe, especially to Great Britain, in the second half of the 1950s, and indigenized” as a consequence of that transplantation, and later returned to its sender through a phenomenon known as the “British Invasion.” This movement radically transformed popular music for decades to come.
2013
American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts
The Scarecrow Press
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137
0810888270
9780810888272
Musica popolare americana; British inavasion
Andrea Carosso
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