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The Times They Are A-Changin': The Evolution of Rock Music and Youth Cultures

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Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
1999
Lang, Peter Frankfurt (Verlag)
978-3-631-34885-7 (ISBN)
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In this book, the author analyses why it has become natural to regard rock and pop music as cultural practice today and what were the reasons for the parallel evolution of youth cultures as the typical rock audience. In the first part of the book, structures and functions of popular music are examined as well as theoretical approaches to popular culture in general or the mass media system. The line of argumentation in the book's second part follows the chronological order of rock music's history from 1955 until the end of the sixties. This period is regarded as most crucial for rock and pop music by the author, because here basic structures, genres and styles evolved. Its relevance can still be recognised today in a variety of modern rock styles as well as in contemporary Techno culture or the postmodern character of music videos.

The Author: René Kolloge was born in 1971. Having studied English and Biology, he graduated from the University of Hannover (Germany). He is currently working as a teacher for English and Creative Writing and plans to continue academic research in the field of cultural studies.

Contents: Theories and functions of popular culture, popular music and the mass media system - A chronological account of the evolution of rock music - An analysis of the sixties' counterculture, its sociology, its music and its historical relevance - Video culture as one example for postmodernism in rock culture.

'With his survey of the development of rock music and its scholarly investigation, the author has presented an introduction to this cultural phenomenon of youth, which will be a useful guide especially for students of a number of different disciplines. In a concise and very readable manner, the book provides insights into the most important theoretical approaches towards rock music, which are illustrated with a look at rock music's essential stages of development.' (Prof. Dr. Peter Wicke, Chair of the Theory and History of Popular Music and director of the Popular Music Research Centre at the Humboldt University Berlin, Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University Ottawa, Canada)

Verlagsort Frankfurt
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 260 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Musikgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 3-631-34885-1 / 3631348851
ISBN-13 978-3-631-34885-7 / 9783631348857
Zustand Neuware
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