| Cultures of Popular Music Contributor(s): Bennett, Andy (Author), Bennett Andy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0335202500 ISBN-13: 9780335202508 Publisher: Open University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: * What is the relationship between youth culture and popular music? * How have they evolved since the second world war? * What can we learn from a global perspective? In this lively and accessible text, Andy Bennett presents a comprehensive cultural, social and historical overview of post-war popular music genres, from rock 'n' roll and psychedelic pop, through punk and heavy metal, to rap, rave and techno. Providing a chapter by chapter account, Bennett also examines the style-based youth cultures to which such genres have given rise. Drawing on key research in sociology, media studies and cultural studies, the book considers the cultural significance of respective post-war popular music genres for young audiences, with reference to issues such as space and place, ethnicity, gender, creativity, education and leisure. A key feature of the book is its departure from conventional Anglo-American perspectives. In addition to British and US examples, the book refers to studies conducted in Germany, Holland, Sweden, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, Russia and Hungary, presenting the cultural relationship between youth culture and popular music as a truly global phenomenon. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.484 |
| LCCN: 2001021422 |
| Series: Rethinking Ageing Series |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 7.64" W x 8.16" (0.81 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A comprehensive cultural, social and historical overview of post-war popular music genres, from rock 'n' roll and psychedelic pop, through punk and heavy metal, to rap, rave and techno. The author also examines the style-based youth cultures to which such genres have given rise. Drawing on key research in sociology, media studies and cultural studies, the book considers the cultural significance of respective post-war popular music genres for young audiences, with references to issues such as space and place, ethnicity, gender, creativity, education, and leisure. A key feature of the book is the departure from conventional Anglo-Americasn perspectives. In addition to British and US examples, the book refers to studies conducted in Germany, Holland, Sweden, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, Russia, and Hungary, presenting the cultural relationship between youth culture and popular music as a truly global phenomenon. |