Reading Smile
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-62286-2 (ISBN)
It focuses in particular on the finished work’s subject matter as embodied in Van Dyke Parks’ contentious yet little understood lyrics, with their low-resolution, highly allusive portrayals of western expansion’s archetypes, from Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts to Diamond Head, Hawaii. Documenting their multiple references and connotations, it argues that their invocations of national self-definition are part of a carefully crafted vision of American identity, society and culture both in tune and at odds with the times. Critical of the republic’s past practices but convinced that its ideals, values and myths still provided resources to redeem it, the recording is interpreted as a creative musical milestone, an enduring product of its volatile, radical, countercultural times, and an American pop art classic.
Of particular relevance to American Studies and popular culture scholars, Reading Smile will also appeal to those interested in 1960s popular music, not least to fans of Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and the Beach Boys.
Dale Carter is Associate Professor of American Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Director of the university’s American Studies Center. Carter is the author or editor of a number of books and scholarly articles on aspects of 20th century American history, society and culture.These include The Final Frontier: The Rise and Fall of the American Rocket State (1987) and (as editor) War and Cold War in American Foreign Policy, 1942-62 (2002). Academic journals that have published his work include Popular Music and Society, Popular Music History, Rock History, Popular Music, American Studies in Scandinavia, the Canadian Review of American Studies and the European Journal of American Culture.
Introduction
1 Into the Mystic? The Undergrounding of Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, 1964–1967
2 My Regeneration: The Salvation of "Heroes and Villains"
3 Uncovering the Cornfield: "Cabin Essence" and the Revision of History
4 Wonderful Land: Smile’s Child Ballads
5 Wave Power: Smile’s Renewable Energies
Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.06.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Popular Music |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 560 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-62286-6 / 0367622866 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-62286-2 / 9780367622862 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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