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A book on Bob Dylan's involvement in the civil rights movement
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The voice of an era
`It was blues and folk songs that first led Bob Dylan to politics. However, it was politics of the mid-60s, the civil rights movement and the threat of nuclear war that unlocked his astonishing song writing ability. So even if he is not a hero of struggle, he is a great artist,' says Mike Marqusee, the author of the recently launched book Chimes of Freedom: Bob Dylan in the Sixties.
Published by Seagull Books in association with Oxford Book Store, the book is a fascinating and detailed analysis of Dylan's involvement in the civil rights movement and his disillusionment in the mid-1960s.
Bob Dylan's lyrics are at once profound, evocative and timeless. As the book shows, behind the rebellion and playfulness of Dylan's imagery, lie meanings that are charged with political and social concerns. It further argues that Dylan's art can be best understood in the light of the political struggles of those times.
Resituated Dylan
After his much-acclaimed book Redemption Song - Muhammad Ali and the Sixties, once again Mike has used his style of storytelling and original insight.
"This book is not a trip down memory lane. It resituates Bob Dylan in his era. It tells the reader that Dylan's work flowered even in the crisis of the `60s.
He was always against the Cold War and globalisation and said that he could do without a revolution. He was the greatest Protestant of his times and his ideology is still relevant," adds Mark, who has penned several books on politics, sports and popular culture and until recently was serving on the Stop the War Coalition's Steering Committee in the United Kingdom.
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