Rock Music in American Popular Culture

Rock 'n' Roll Resources

Frank Hoffmann, B Lee Cooper, Wayne S Haney (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

1995
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56024-861-3 (ISBN)

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How does rock music impact culture? According to authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney, it is central to the definition of society and has had a great impact on shaping American culture. In Rock Music in American Popular Culture, insightful essays and book reviews explore ways popular culture items can be used to explore American values. This fascinating book is arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, but the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through.The influence of rock era music is evident throughout the text, demonstrating how various topics in the popular culture field are interconnected. Students in popular culture survey courses and American studies classes will be fascinated by these unique explorations of how family businesses, games, nursery rhymes, rock and roll legends, and other musical ventures shed light on our society and how they have shaped American values over the years.

B Lee Cooper, Frank Hoffmann, Wayne S Haney

Contents
Introduction

Baseball Songs
Biographical Studies
Bootleg Records
Christmas Carols
Commercial Catalogs
Exported Recordings
Family Businesses
Dance Crazes
Food Images
Games and Music Trivia
Hit Tunes
Imported Recordings
Journalists and Critics
Mass Media
Memorabilia and Collectibles
Nursery Rhymes
Radio Broadcasters
Record Charts
Rock ‘n’ Roll Legends
Sports Heroes
Symptoms, Illnesses, and Medical Imagery
Work Experiences
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.2.1995
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 216 mm
Gewicht	900 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
ISBN-10	1-56024-861-0 / 1560248610
ISBN-13	978-1-56024-861-3 / 9781560248613
Zustand	Neuware