| Are We Not New Wave?: Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s Contributor(s): Cateforis, Theodore (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472034707 ISBN-13: 9780472034703 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal |
| Dewey: 781.640 |
| LCCN: 2011000428 |
| Series: Tracking Pop |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.1" W x 8.97" (1.01 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Are We Not New Wave? Theo Cateforis provides the first musical and cultural history of the new wave movement, charting its rise out of mid-1970s punk to its ubiquitous early 1980s MTV presence and downfall in the mid-1980s. The book also explores the meanings behind the music's distinctive traits-its characteristic whiteness and nervousness; its playful irony, electronic melodies, and crossover experimentations. Cateforis traces new wave's modern sensibilities back to the space-age consumer culture of the late 1950s/early 1960s. Theo Cateforis is Assistant Professor of Music History and Culture in the Department of Art and Music Histories at Syracuse University. |