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Writing the record : the Village Voice and the birth of rock criticism / Devon Powers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Powers, Devon, author.
- Series:
- American popular music (Amherst, Mass.)
- American Popular Music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Village voice (Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.).
- Musical criticism--United States--History.
- Musical criticism.
- Rock music--United States--History and criticism.
- Rock music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the mid-1960s, a small group of young journalists made it their mission to write about popular music, especially rock, as something worthy of serious intellectual scrutiny.Their efforts not only transformed the perspective on the era's music but revolutionized how Americans have come to think, talk, and write about popular music ever since.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Criticism
- 1. Village
- 2. Pop
- 3. Hype
- 4. Identity
- 5. Mattering
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-263-1
- OCLC:
- 846496208
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