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OverviewProgressive and libertarian, anti-Communist and revolutionary, Democratic and Republican, quintessentially American but simultaneously universal. By the late 1980s, rock music had acquired a dizzying array of political labels. These claims about its political significance shared one common thread: that the music could set you free. Rocking in the Free World explains how Americans came to believe they had learned the truth about rock 'n' roll, a truth shaped by the Cold War anxieties of the Fifties, the countercultural revolutions (and counter-revolutions) of the Sixties and Seventies, and the end-of-history triumphalism of the Eighties. How did rock 'n' roll become enmeshed with so many different competing ideas about freedom? And what does that story reveal about the promise-and the limits-of rock music as a political force in postwar America? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas Tochka (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 16.50cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9780197566510ISBN 10: 0197566510 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 31 August 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""Rocking in the Free World invites the reader to re-assess the mythical stories we tell about rock 'n' roll, freedom, and rebellion-and to see more accurately rock's artistic, social, and political impacts. Warmly recommended."" -- Danielle Fosler-Lussier, author of Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy" Rocking in the Free World invites the reader to re-assess the mythical stories we tell about rock 'n' roll, freedom, and rebellion-and to see more accurately rock's artistic, social, and political impacts. Warmly recommended. * Danielle Fosler-Lussier, author of Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy * Author InformationNicholas Tochka writes about the politics of postwar music-making in Eastern Europe and the Americas. In 2016, Oxford University Press published his first book, Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Socialist Albania. He is currently completing one project on citizenship in postsocialist Europe, and another about the invention of the Sixties in the United States. He works at the Conservatorium of Music, the University of Melbourne in Australia, and plays both bass and guitar. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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