Title Understanding rock 'n' roll : popular music in Britain 1955-1964 / Dick Bradley.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	ML3435 .B688 1992 1992	Available	---

Description	vi, 191 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Popular music in Britain
	Popular music in Britain.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: taking popular music seriously -- Prey to a thousand uncertainties -- The character of music as a cultural practice -- Codes of the west -- A fusion of codes: The pop music of 1955-1964 -- British society and culture in the 1950a and early 1960s -- Understanding rock 'n' roll -- Resistance through rituals -- Singing styles, identifications, icons and pleasures -- Notes towards a history of subjectivity: what the study of music-use can contribute -- Conclusions: taking popular music seriously.
Subject	Rock music -- Great Britain -- To 1961 -- History and criticism.
	Rock music.
	Great Britain.
Chronological Term	To 1961
Subject	Rock music -- Great Britain -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	1961-1970
Subject	Rock-'n-roll.
	Musique populaire -- Angleterre (GB) -- 1955-1964.
	Pop music -- Angleterre (GB) -- 1955-1964.
Chronological Term	To 1970
Indexed Term	Rock & roll music History
	Great Britain
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Title	Understanding rock and roll
	Understanding rock and roll.
Other Form:	Online version: Bradley, Dick. Understanding rock 'n' roll. Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1992 (OCoLC)639528751
ISBN	0335097553
	9780335097555
	0335097545 (paperback)
	9780335097548 (paperback)