| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 194 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Rockin' the borders : reflections on rock music and identity formation. Rock music and global diffusion ; Rock -- a glocal phenomena / Björn Horgby and Fredrik Nilsson -- Rock and rebellion. A theoretical approach ; The breakthrough of rock music ; The British invasion ; The hippies ; Sexuality ; Gender ; The political revolt / Björn Horgby -- When rock and roll came to town : the threatening body and the promising identity. A swaying community ; A stationary threat ; The dangerous dance ; "The school dance has begun" / Fredrik Nilsson -- "We have to come to an end with the monotony of Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" : pop and rock music in the GDR and the Generational challenge to the state in the 1960s. Rock 'n' roll hit the German Democratic Republic ; The British invasion ; The Butlers and the Lepziger stage ; Exclusion and bans ; Rock and pop goes underground / Mats Greiff -- Mothers, plastic people and Václav Havel : Underground culture and changes in society in Czechoslovakia. Pop and rock music's role in Czechoslovakia ; Why did Zappa and Mothers of invention achieve such recognition in Czechoslovakia ; A carnival counter culture ; Frank Zappa and Václav Havel / Lars Berggren -- Rock and pop music and identity in Wales. Rock music and popular culture ; Music and individual and group transition ; Welsh national identity -- a further note ; Music, national identity and local and global relations / Brian Roberts -- Swedish rock in Finland : "the sound which is not?". The status of Swedish in Finland ; The rock "invasion" in the fifties and sixties ; Finland's relationship with Sweden ; Finnish national culture & popular culture ; Questions of authenticity ; Finnishness & national culture ; Eppu Normaali & Ruisrock ; Swedish rock in Finland ; Early rock in Finland made by Finland-Swedes ; Early rock sung in English ; Finnish rock in the seventies ; Hurrarna and Hurrarrock ; From Swedish to English / Sven-Erik Klinkmann -- "Nazis are no fun" : punk and anti-fascism in Britain in the 1970s. Britain in the 1970s ; Punk : a politically complex phenomenon ; Rock against racism / Jeremy Tranmer -- The formation of a professional hip-hop identity : a presentation of six Swedish rappers. Hip-hop and keepin' it real! ; Methodology and design ; Six interpretative repertoires / Johan Söderman. |
| Summary |
Rock Music challenge hegemonic orders based on class, gender, nation, ethnicity/race or generation. This volume investigates how Rock has played an integral part in the formation of identities and life-styles since the 1950ś. Rock music is used as a wide concept, including different genres e.g. rock'n'roll, pop, punk, hip hop and blues. Unlike most other books on rock music this volume will focus on how rock music becomes a part of everyday life and the formation of identities in a variety ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rock music -- Social aspects.
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Rock music -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Horgby, Björn.
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Nilsson, Fredrik.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781443821636 1443821632 (DLC) 2010530298 |
| ISBN |
1443822078 (electronic book) |
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9781443822077 (electronic book) |
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9781443821636 (hardback) |
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1443821632 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612650932 |
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