Kīkā kila how the Hawaiian steel guitar changed the sound of modern music / [electronic resource] :
John W. Troutman.
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
"Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Fund of the University of North Carolina Press."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : B.B.'s dreams -- Guitar culture in the Hawaiian Kingdom -- Joseph Kekuku's steel guitar and the era of overthrow -- American debut : the making of the steel guitar craze -- Hawaiian troubadours and the global reach of the kīkā kila -- Holly-Hawaiians, electric guitars, and glass ceilings -- The disappearing of "Hawaiian" from American music -- Banishment, and return : seeking the steel guitar in the Hawaiian renaissance -- Epilogue : remembrance and kuleana.
9781469627946 1469627949
World music--History. Music--History.--United States Music--History.--Hawaii Hawaiian guitar--History.