Mapping the rockumentary : images of sound and fury / edited by Gunnar Iversen and Scott MacKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iversen, Gunnar, Author.

Contributor:

Iversen, Gunnar, 1959- editor.

MacKenzie, Scott, 1967- editor.

Series:

Traditions in world cinema.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Traditions in world cinema

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock concert films--History and criticism.

Rock concert films.

Documentary films--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Documentary television programs--History and criticism.

Documentary television programs.

Rock musicians in motion pictures.

Rock music on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Mapping the Rockumentary' is the first anthology to explore the rockumentary as a central component of both the documentary and world cinema. The book includes case studies of bands and performers such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Clash, Madonna and Metallica and performers from Asia, Europe and the Americas, making the case for rockumentaries as part of an established and ever-evolving cinematic tradition.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES

CONTRIBUTORS

TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA

INTRODUCTION: IMAGES OF SOUND AND FURY

PART I HISTORIES

1. MUSIC MAKERS OF THE BLUE RIDGE (AKA ‘BLUEGRASS ROOTS,’ DAVID HOFFMAN, USA, 1966)

2. “I DON’T MAKE CULTURE, I SELL IT!”: THE EARLY HISTORY OF MUSIC DOCUMENTATION, 1920S–1970S

3. MONTEREY POP AND THE MATURATION OF THE CONCERT FILM

4. THE SOUND OF ROCKUMENTARY: A CONSIDERATION OF THE DOCUMENTARY SOUNDTRACK

5. FALSE ENDINGS

PART II GENDER

6. “START ME UP”: THE PLACE AND DISPLACEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE CINEMA OF THE ROLLING STONES

7. MADONNA ON FILM: GEOPOLITICS, GLOBALIZATION, AND GENDER POLITICS

8. THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK: THE DIXIE CHICKS, OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY, AND SHUT UP & SING

9. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FAMILY ROMANCES: THE ROCKUMENTARY AS MALE MELODRAMA

10. PERFORMING DYLAN: THE MANY LIVES OF BOB DYLAN IN I’M NOT THERE

PART III AESTHETICS AND POLITICS

11. U2’S RATTLE AND HUM: GOD, SEX, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL AND GOD AGAIN

12. PUNK CITY SYMPHONY: THE CLASH AND RUDE BOY

13. LISTENING FROM THE EMPTY BOOTH: PERFORMING THE GRATEFUL DEAD COMMUNITY IN LONG STRANGE TRIP

14. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS AND ROCKUMENTARY FORM

15. “EVERYTHING WAS STORIES”: THE AESTHETIC IMAGINARIES OF SEARCHING FOR THE WRONG-EYED JESUS

PART IV COUNTER-CULTURES

16. CHILE: THE ROCK OF POLITICAL CULTURE AND THE HARD PLACE OF CULTURAL POLICY

17. PSYCHEDELIA AND REBELLIOUSNESS IN TIMES OF DICTATORSHIP: ARGENTINIAN ROCKUMENTARIES (1973–1983)

18. HARMONIUM IN CALIFORNIA: MUSICALLY IMAGINED COMMUNITIES AND THE ROCKUMENTARY FORM

19. STATIONS OF THE CRASS: COUNTER-CULTURE AND THE ANARCHO-PUNK MOVEMENT

20. CARS AND GUITARS, OR, DETROIT AND THE MC5: ON REPRESENTATIONS OF MUSIC AND PLACE IN MC5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL

PART V FUTURES

21. UNKNOWABLE DOGS

22. “THIS IS A F**KING BUSINESS”: THE CONCERT SHOW AND TOUR IN 1970S HOLLYWOOD FICTION FILMS

23. LIVE FROM THE MULTIPLEX: THE CONCERT FILM AS EVENT CINEMA SINCE THE 2000S

24. DOCUMENTING DEITIES: TOUCH AND K-POP FANDOM ON YOUTUBE

25. RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME

INDEX

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 14, 2022).

ISBN:

1-4744-7805-0

1-3995-0159-3

1-4744-7804-2

OCLC:

1245845356