Singing for Our Lives

Singing for Our LivesExploring the role of street choirs in political culture, and based on oral histories from more than 40 members of UK street choirs, this book introduces this neglected world to a wider public, including activists and academics. The title is taken from a song by musician and activist Holly Near, popular in the repertoire of many street choirs.

examining how film theaters in areas of social and economic decline are sustained by resourceful individuals and sub-commercial operating structures

Each interview is preceded by the director’s photograph

they vary in format

interdisciplinary analysis

Using an arts-based inquiry

considering the application of drawing and its various uses across disciplines

Offering analyses of iconic scenes

The most creative attire is often found not on the catwalks or inside the auditoriums but on the streets

this is the first full-length study of Polish media art

postcolonial studies and other race-related academic fields

it won’t only be for financial security

Rizal wrote the novel alone