Richard Elliott
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Richard Elliott's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
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Richard Elliott's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
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Richard Elliott deposited A Dream Deferred: Nina Simone and the Work of Mourning in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoThis talk presents work from Richard Elliott’s recent book about the late singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone. It focuses on Simone’s reaction to what she saw as the failure of the civil rights movement and how that reaction was played out in her work from the end of the 1960s onwards, blending into a personal but…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited A Dream Deferred: Nina Simone and the Work of Mourning in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoThis talk presents work from Richard Elliott’s recent book about the late singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone. It focuses on Simone’s reaction to what she saw as the failure of the civil rights movement and how that reaction was played out in her work from the end of the 1960s onwards, blending into a personal but…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited “All You See Is Glory”: The Burden of Stardom and the Tragedy of Nina Simone in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoAlthough most often remembered as an icon of the civil rights era, Nina Simone enjoyed (and occasionally endured) a long career during which the bulk of the songs she performed dealt with the politics, pains and precariousness of the self. Her work—always suffused with longing, sensuality and the passion of being—took on, in her later career, wha…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited “All You See Is Glory”: The Burden of Stardom and the Tragedy of Nina Simone in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoAlthough most often remembered as an icon of the civil rights era, Nina Simone enjoyed (and occasionally endured) a long career during which the bulk of the songs she performed dealt with the politics, pains and precariousness of the self. Her work—always suffused with longing, sensuality and the passion of being—took on, in her later career, wha…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited “Time and Distance Are No Object” in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoWhether temporally or spatially focussed, nostalgia results from a division between what is longed for and the moment of longing. This article examines this “nostalgia gap” alongside the analogous gap found in representation. The relationship is highlighted via an analysis of “holiday records”, a genre of recordings that became prevalent in the…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited “Time and Distance Are No Object” in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoWhether temporally or spatially focussed, nostalgia results from a division between what is longed for and the moment of longing. This article examines this “nostalgia gap” alongside the analogous gap found in representation. The relationship is highlighted via an analysis of “holiday records”, a genre of recordings that became prevalent in the…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited A Blank Space Where You Write Your Name: Taylor Swift’s Early Late Voice in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoTaylor Swift’s songs invite listeners to connect art and life in the tradition, if not always the style, of the ‘confessional’ singer-songwriter. From an early age, Swift has written and sung about ‘big topics’ like time and experience with a remarkable sense of self awareness. Her songs hymn youthful experience to great effect through reference…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited A Blank Space Where You Write Your Name: Taylor Swift’s Early Late Voice in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoTaylor Swift’s songs invite listeners to connect art and life in the tradition, if not always the style, of the ‘confessional’ singer-songwriter. From an early age, Swift has written and sung about ‘big topics’ like time and experience with a remarkable sense of self awareness. Her songs hymn youthful experience to great effect through reference…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited A Dream Deferred: Nina Simone and the Work of Mourning on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
This talk presents work from Richard Elliott’s recent book about the late singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone. It focuses on Simone’s reaction to what she saw as the failure of the civil rights movement and how that reaction was played out in her work from the end of the 1960s onwards, blending into a personal but…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited “All You See Is Glory”: The Burden of Stardom and the Tragedy of Nina Simone on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
Although most often remembered as an icon of the civil rights era, Nina Simone enjoyed (and occasionally endured) a long career during which the bulk of the songs she performed dealt with the politics, pains and precariousness of the self. Her work—always suffused with longing, sensuality and the passion of being—took on, in her later career, wha…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited A Blank Space Where You Write Your Name: Taylor Swift’s Early Late Voice on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
Taylor Swift’s songs invite listeners to connect art and life in the tradition, if not always the style, of the ‘confessional’ singer-songwriter. From an early age, Swift has written and sung about ‘big topics’ like time and experience with a remarkable sense of self awareness. Her songs hymn youthful experience to great effect through reference…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited “Time and Distance Are No Object” on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
Whether temporally or spatially focussed, nostalgia results from a division between what is longed for and the moment of longing. This article examines this “nostalgia gap” alongside the analogous gap found in representation. The relationship is highlighted via an analysis of “holiday records”, a genre of recordings that became prevalent in the…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited Where I Come From: Place, Race, Memory and Experience in Rap and Country Music – A Comparative Study on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
This work examines certain lyrical elements in rap and country music and the ways they are voiced. As different as these genres are from each other they share certain important characteristics. The main themes I focus on are place, race, memory and experience. I also look at how these themes are used in the creation of authenticity and how…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
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Richard Elliott deposited The Late Voice (Introduction) in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 8 years agoIntroduction to The Late Voice: Time, Age and Experience in Popular Music.
Popular music artists, as performers in the public eye, offer a privileged site for the witnessing and analysis of ageing and its mediation. The Late Voice undertakes such an analysis by considering issues of time, age, memory, innocence and experience in modern popular…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited The Late Voice (Introduction) in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years agoIntroduction to The Late Voice: Time, Age and Experience in Popular Music.
Popular music artists, as performers in the public eye, offer a privileged site for the witnessing and analysis of ageing and its mediation. The Late Voice undertakes such an analysis by considering issues of time, age, memory, innocence and experience in modern popular…[Read more]
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Richard Elliott deposited The Late Voice (Introduction) in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years agoIntroduction to The Late Voice: Time, Age and Experience in Popular Music.
Popular music artists, as performers in the public eye, offer a privileged site for the witnessing and analysis of ageing and its mediation. The Late Voice undertakes such an analysis by considering issues of time, age, memory, innocence and experience in modern popular…[Read more]
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Introduction to The Late Voice: Time, Age and Experience in Popular Music
Popular music artists, as performers in the public eye, offer a privileged site for the witnessing and analysis of ageing and its mediation. The Late Voice undertakes such an analysis by considering issues of time, age, memory, innocence and experience in modern popular…[Read more] - Load More