Rock Music in American Popular Culture II

More Rock 'n' Roll Resources

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

Buch | Hardcover

404 Seiten

1997
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56023-877-5 (ISBN)

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From “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?” to a list of all song titles containing the word “werewolf,” Rock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources continues where 1995’s Volume I left off. Using references and illustrations drawn from contemporary lyrics and supported by historical and sociological research on popular cultural subjects, this collection of insightful essays and reviews assesses the involvement of musical imagery in personal issues, in social and political matters, and in key socialization activities. From marriage and sex to public schools and youth culture, readers discover how popular culture can be used to explore American values. As Authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney prove that integrated popular culture is the product of commercial interaction with public interest and values rather than a random phenomena, they entertainingly and knowledgeably cover such topics as:

answer songs--interchanges involving social events and lyrical commentaries as explored in response recordings
horror films--translations and transformations of literary images and motion picture figures into popular song characters and tales
public schools--images of formal educational practices and informal learning processes in popular song lyrics
sex--suggestive tales and censorship challenges within the popular music realm
war--examinations of persistent military and home front themes featured in wartime recordingsRock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ‘n’Roll Resources is nontechnical, written in a clear and concise fashion, and explores each topic thoroughly, with ample discographic and bibliographic resources provided for additional research. Arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. Rock music fans, teachers, popular culture professors, music instructors, public librarians, sound recording archivists, sociologists, social critics, and journalists can all learn something, as the book shows them the cross-pollination of music and social life in the United States.

Frank Hoffmann, B Lee Cooper, Wayne S Haney, Beulah B Ramirez

Contents
Introduction

Answer Songs
Cars
Cigarettes
City Life
Disc Jockeys
Doo-Wop Harmony
Fads and Nostalgia
Halloween
Horror Films
Humor
Legends
Marriage
Motion Pictures
Multiculturalism
Railroads
Regional Music
Rock Journalism
Science Fiction
Sex
Soul Music
War
Women
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.1.1997
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 212 mm
Gewicht	816 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
ISBN-10	1-56023-877-1 / 1560238771
ISBN-13	978-1-56023-877-5 / 9781560238775
Zustand	Neuware