Rock'n America : a social and cultural history / Deena Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinstein, Deena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--Social aspects.

Rock music.

Rock music--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]

Summary:

What is rock? This book offers a new and systematic approach to understanding rock by applying sociological concepts in a historical context. Deena Weinstein, a rock critic, journalist, and academic, starts by outlining an original approach to understanding rock, explaining how the form has developed through a complex and ever-changing set of relations between artists, fans, and mediators. She then traces the history of rock in America through its distinctive eras, from rock's precursors to rock in the digital age. The book includes suggested listening lists to accompany each chapter, a detailed filmography of movies about rock, and a wide range of visuals and fascinating anecdotes. Never separating rock music from the social political, economic, and cultural changes in America's history, Rock'n America provides a comprehensive overview of the genera and a new way of appreciating its place in American Society. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 What is Rock? 1

2 Rock's Precursors ♦ 1946-1953 23

3 Rock Begins ♦ 1954-1958 43

4 Mainstreaming Rock and roll ♦ 1959-1963 75

5 The times they Were A-Changin' ♦ 1964-1967 101

6 The Best and Worst of times ♦ 1968-1973 129

7 The Shame and the Splendor ♦ 1974-1978 159

8 Draining of the Mainstream ♦ 1979-1982 185

9 Visuals Rules while Indie Rocks ♦ 1953-1990 211

10 Alternative to What? ♦ 1991-1996 243

11 Decentering Rock ♦ 1997-2002 269

12 Rock in the Digital Age ♦ 2003-Now 295.

Notes:

Issued also in electronic format.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343), filmography and index.

Other Format:

Weinstein, Deena, author. Rock'n America.

ISBN:

9781442600157

1442600152

9781442600164

1442600160

OCLC:

883939738