New Wave [electronic resource] : Image is Everything /
Adkins, K.author.
New Wave: Image is Everything traces the evolution of the often neglected pop music genre, new wave. Using artists from Elvis Costello to Cyndi Lauper as illustrations, the book argues that new wave was among the first flowerings of postmodern theory in popular culture.
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 An Introduction; Pressing play; A history of definitions; Toward a new definition; Putting this new definition to work; Looking ahead to the rest of the story; 2 New Wave's Rise in the U.K.; Frankie say; Punk falters;  new wave rises; An end to revolution - all revolution; Political change; What's real?; A theoretical framework; A perfect storm; 3 New Wave's Rise in the U.S.; A nation of consumers; Practical postmodernism; Mechanical reproduction: Warhol and Devo; Too many choices: Warhol and the Talking Heads; Celebrity images: Warhol and Blondie
Other American voices4 Making the Image Everything; Changing times; A brief history of sound and image; The Face; Music video; From early to late; 5 Pure Image; Postmodernism arrives; Something from nothing; Emptier and emptier; New wave lessons; 6 The Return of Meaning; End of an era?; New wave makes a difference; Looking for traces; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Index
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
New Wave: Image is Everything traces the evolution of the often neglected pop music genre, new wave. Using artists from Elvis Costello to Cyndi Lauper as illustrations, the book argues that new wave was among the first flowerings of postmodern theory in popular culture.
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