Music, style, and aging
Subtitle: growing old disgracefully?
By: Andy Bennett
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781439908075; 9781439908082; 9781439908099
Subjects: Social aspects; Rock music; Popular music; Aging
Description: Popular music and the aging audience - Individual and collective lifestyles of aging: popular music audiences - Toning down the mohawk: music, style and aging - Career opportunities: work, leisure, and the aging popular music fan - 'This is the Dad House': continuity and conflict among multigenerational music audiences - Still 'changing the world': music, aging and politics - Conclusion: too old to rock and roll?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a life changing thing; title: Contextualising popular music and ageing: Popular music and the ageing audience ; Individual and collective lifestyles of ageing popular music audiences; title: Case studies: introduction: A note on methodology ; Toning down the mohawk: music, style and ageing ; Career opportunities: work, leisure and the ageing  popular music fan ; "This is 'Dad' house" : continuity and conflict among multi-generational music audiences ; Still changing the world? music, ageing and politics; title: Conclusion: too old to rock and roll?