All shook up : how rock 'n' roll changed America / Glenn C. Altschuler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altschuler, Glenn C., author.

Series:

Pivotal moments in American history.

Oxford scholarship online.

Pivotal moments in American history

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--Social aspects--United States.

Rock music.

Rock music--United States--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of conroversy - one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat" - but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in 'All Shook Up', the rise of rock 'n roll - and the outraged reception to it - in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race.

Contents:

All shook up : popular music and American culture, 1945-1955

Brown-eyed handsome man : rock 'n' roll and race

Great balls of fire : rock 'n' roll and sexuality

Yakety yak, don't talk back : rock 'n' roll and generational conflict

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news : rock 'n' roll and the pop culture wars

The day the music died : rock 'n' roll's lull and revival.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 8, 2023).

ISBN:

9786610481224

9780197711132

0197711138

9780199839575

0199839573

9781280481222

1280481226

9780198031918

0198031912

9780195183900

0195183908

OCLC:

466433799