This book examines the post-1960s era of popular music in the Anglo-Black Atlantic through the prism of historical theory and methods. By using a series of case studies, this book mobilizes historical theory and methods to underline different expressions of alternative music functioning within a mainstream musical industry. Each chapter highlights a particular theory or method while simultaneously weaving it through a genre of music expressing a notion of alternativity—an explicit positioning of one's expression outside and counter to the mainstream. Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music seeks to fill a gap in current scholarship by offering a collection written specifically for the pedagogical and theoretical needs of those interested in the topic.

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Yes, you can access Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970–2000 by Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr.,Daniel Robert McClure in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2017

ISBN

9781137570727

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Sociology

Index

Social Sciences

Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Process and Pedagogy of Historical Theory
Chapter 2 “400 Years”: Modernity, The Longue Durée, and Jamaican Music
Chapter 3 “This Charming Man”: Queer and Alternative Masculinities, 1970–1994
Chapter 4 “Will the Wolf Survive?”: Punk Rock and Chicanao Identity in Los Angeles
Chapter 5 A Perfect New Loop: Hip-Hop, Deindustrialization, and the Post-Civil Rights Era, 1973–2000
Chapter 6 “The Pride of History”: Post-punk and the Aesthetics of Post-modernity
Chapter 7 Waveless: MTV and the “Quiet” Feminism of the 1980s
Chapter 8 Hiraeth: The Celtic Moment in 1980s Alternative Rock
Chapter 9 “Feels Blind”: Counter-Hegemony in Alternative Rock During the ReaganThatcher Era
Chapter 10 “No Depression”: The Nostalgia and Authenticity of Alternative Country
Chapter 11 Conclusion
Index