| Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road Contributor(s): Slethaug, Gordon E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 150133526X ISBN-13: 9781501335266 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.484 |
| LCCN: 2017018014 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul Simon-these familiar figures have written road music for half a century and continue to remain highly-regarded artists. But there is so much more to say about road music. This book fills a glaring hole in scholarship about the road and music. In a collection of 13 essays, Music and the Road explores the origins of road music in the blues, country-western, and rock 'n' roll; the themes of adventure, freedom, mobility, camaraderie, and love, and much more in this music; the mystique and reality of touring as an important part of getting away from home, creating community among performers, and building audiences across the country from the 1930s to the present; and the contribution of music to popular road films such as Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider, Thelma and Louise, and On the Road |
Contributor Bio(s): Slethaug, Gordon E.: - Gordon E. Slethaug is a professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where he teaches English Language and Literature and researches contemporary American literature and film, globalization and communications, and international education. He is also honorary professor in Arts at the University of Hong Kong, China, and has recently been visiting professor of English Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. |