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OverviewThis book explores the relationships between rock and roll, social protest, and authenticity to consider how rock and roll could function as social protest music. The author begins by discussing the nature and origins of rock and roll and the nature of social protest and social protest music within the wider context of the evolution of the commercial music industry and the social and technological infrastructure developed for the mass dissemination of popular music. This discussion is followed by an examination of the causes of the public disapproval originally expressed toward rock and roll, and how they illuminate its social protest and subversive quality. By further investigating the nature of authenticity and its relationship to social protest and to commercialization, the author considers how social protest and commercialization are antithetical. This conclusion, if correct, has broad implications for human culture in advanced industrial society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kurt TorellPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781793655639ISBN 10: 1793655634 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 15 August 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction: “But the Man Can’t Bust Our Music” (Columbia Records Print Ad, 1968) Chapter 1: The Nature and Origins of Rock and Roll Chapter 2: The Influence of Records Chapter 3: The Nature and Influence of Commercial Radio Chapter 4: Copyright, ASCAP, BMI, and Payola Chapter 5: The Folk “Revival” Chapter 6: Rock and Roll as Social Protest Chapter 7: Authenticity and Social Protest Chapter 8: Conclusion ReferencesReviewsA serious academic analysis of the contradictions between rock's commercialism and its spirit of countercultural resistance. Writing in the tradition of Michael Lydon, Paul Hirsch, and Serge Denisoff, Torell connects the vexed marriage of authenticity and imitation in American popular culture to larger issues in western philosophy and art. This book reaches far beyond rock and social protest, too: important reading for those also interested in the commodification of folk, punk, and hip hop. -- Granville Ganter, Associate Professor of English, St. John's University Was rock music subversive? Conservatives certainly thought so, and the counterculture's spirit of rebellion can't be understood apart from its soundtrack. Yet as Kurt Torell shows, mainstream institutions, practices, and pressures shaped the production and consumption of rock music at every turn. What emerges from his study is a deep and productive tension between the media and the message. -- Peter Richardson, San Franscisco State University A serious academic analysis of the contradictions between rock’s commercialism and its spirit of countercultural resistance. Writing in the tradition of Michael Lydon, Paul Hirsch, and Serge Denisoff, Torell connects the vexed marriage of authenticity and imitation in American popular culture to larger issues in western philosophy and art. This book reaches far beyond rock and social protest, too: important reading for those also interested in the commodification of folk, punk, and hip hop. -- Granville Ganter, Associate Professor of English, St. John's University Was rock music subversive? Conservatives certainly thought so, and the counterculture's spirit of rebellion can't be understood apart from its soundtrack. Yet as Kurt Torell shows, mainstream institutions, practices, and pressures shaped the production and consumption of rock music at every turn. What emerges from his study is a deep and productive tension between the media and the message. -- Peter Richardson, San Franscisco State University Author InformationKurt Torell is associate professor of philosophy at The Pennsylvania State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |