Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970–2000 [electronic resource] : “Those are the New Saints” /
Shonk, Jr., Kenneth L.author.
McClure, Daniel Robert.author.
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.
Includes index.
1. Introduction: Those are the new saints.- 2. “‘400 Years’: Modernity, the Longue Durée, and Jamaican Music, 1600s-1980s”.- 3.“This Charming Man: Queer and Alternative Masculinities, 1970-1994”.- 4.“Will the Wolf Survive?”: Chicana/o Identity and Punk Rock in Los Angeles, 1977-2000.”.-5. “A Perfect New Loop: Hip-Hop, Deindustrialization, and the Post-Civil Rights Era, and Hip-Hop, 1973-2000” -- 6. “The Pride of History”: Post-Punk and the Aesthetics of Postmodernity -- 7. “Waveless—MTV and the ‘Quiet’ Feminism of the 1980s” -- 8. “Hiraeth—The Celtic Moment in 1980s Alternative Rock” -- 9. “Feels Blind: Counter-Hegemony in Alternative Rock during the Reagan/Thatcher Era” -- 10. “No Depression: The Nostalgia and Authenticity of Alternative Country” -- 11. Conclusion.
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.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Music.
Popular Culture.
Cultural Theory.
Music.
Popular Culture .