The Minneapolis Sound: City, Music, and Identity

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Bol The Minneapolis Sound: The City, Music, and Identity examines how Minneapolis shaped its own globally recognized sound and how that phenomenon, in turn, shaped the city’s identity, connecting geography, race, memory, and community through the intertwined stories of place, culture, and sound. This intimate portrait of Minneapolis music history and the current local scene rethinks what it means for a city to have a “sound.” The Minneapolis Sound explores how a distinctive musical phenomenon shaped – and was shaped by – the urban, social, and cultural fabric of Minneapolis. Rather than focusing solely on music legend and Minneapolis native Prince and his protégés, the book treats the “Minneapolis Sound” as a cultural phenomenon within which geography, race, memory, and community intersect. Drawing from cultural geography, American studies, and popular music studies, Maciej Smółka analyzes how this locally rooted yet globally recognized sound became a symbol of place, pride, and identity. Combining critical discourse analysis with five in-depth interviews with key local voices, the study situates the Minneapolis music scene within broader debates on music and place. It traces the city’s history and communities, the evolution of the Sound from its pre-Prince origins to the post-Prince era, and its ongoing cultural resonance in the wake of collective remembrance. Ultimately, the book proposes a new framework for understanding how music functions as a cultural phenomenon: a dynamic web of artistic, social, and spatial practices that continue to define both Minneapolis and its people. Maciej Smółka is a cultural studies scholar at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. He is the author of Say Yes! to Michigan and The Sound of a City. The Minneapolis Sound: The City, Music, and Identity explores how a distinctive musical phenomenon shaped—and was shaped by—the urban, social, and cultural fabric of Minneapolis. Rather than focusing solely on Prince or his protégés, the book treats the Minneapolis Sound as a cultural phenomenon where geography, race, memory, and community intersect. Drawing from cultural geography, American studies, and popular music studies, The author analyzes how this locally rooted yet globally recognized sound became a symbol of place, pride, and identity. Combining critical discourse analysis with five in-depth interviews with key local voices—including artists, scholars, and historians—the study situates the Minneapolis Sound within broader debates on music and place. Divided into three interconnected parts (The City, Music, and Identity) it traces the city’s history and communities, the evolution of the Sound from its pre-Prince origins to the post-Prince era, and its ongoing cultural resonance in the wake of collective remembrance. By rethinking what it means for a city to have a ""sound,"" the book proposes a new framework for understanding how music functions as a cultural phenomenon: a dynamic web of artistic, social, and spatial practices that continue to define both Minneapolis and its people."

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The Minneapolis Sound: The City, Music, and Identity examines how Minneapolis shaped its own globally recognized sound and how that phenomenon, in turn, shaped the city’s identity, connecting geography, race, memory, and community through the intertwined stories of place, culture, and sound. This intimate portrait of Minneapolis music history and the current local scene rethinks what it means for a city to have a “sound.” The Minneapolis Sound explores how a distinctive musical phenomenon shaped – and was shaped by – the urban, social, and cultural fabric of Minneapolis. Rather than focusing solely on music legend and Minneapolis native Prince and his protégés, the book treats the “Minneapolis Sound” as a cultural phenomenon within which geography, race, memory, and community intersect. Drawing from cultural geography, American studies, and popular music studies, Maciej Smółka analyzes how this locally rooted yet globally recognized sound became a symbol of place, pride, and identity. Combining critical discourse analysis with five in-depth interviews with key local voices, the study situates the Minneapolis music scene within broader debates on music and place. It traces the city’s history and communities, the evolution of the Sound from its pre-Prince origins to the post-Prince era, and its ongoing cultural resonance in the wake of collective remembrance. Ultimately, the book proposes a new framework for understanding how music functions as a cultural phenomenon: a dynamic web of artistic, social, and spatial practices that continue to define both Minneapolis and its people. Maciej Smółka is a cultural studies scholar at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. He is the author of Say Yes! to Michigan and The Sound of a City. The Minneapolis Sound: The City, Music, and Identity explores how a distinctive musical phenomenon shaped—and was shaped by—the urban, social, and cultural fabric of Minneapolis. Rather than focusing solely on Prince or his protégés, the book treats the Minneapolis Sound as a cultural phenomenon where geography, race, memory, and community intersect. Drawing from cultural geography, American studies, and popular music studies, The author analyzes how this locally rooted yet globally recognized sound became a symbol of place, pride, and identity. Combining critical discourse analysis with five in-depth interviews with key local voices—including artists, scholars, and historians—the study situates the Minneapolis Sound within broader debates on music and place. Divided into three interconnected parts (The City, Music, and Identity) it traces the city’s history and communities, the evolution of the Sound from its pre-Prince origins to the post-Prince era, and its ongoing cultural resonance in the wake of collective remembrance. By rethinking what it means for a city to have a ""sound,"" the book proposes a new framework for understanding how music functions as a cultural phenomenon: a dynamic web of artistic, social, and spatial practices that continue to define both Minneapolis and its people."

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