Notes from underground
Subtitle: rock music counterculture in Russia
By: Thomas Cushman.
Series: SUNY series in the sociology of culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Rock music -- Russia (Federation) -- History and criticism; Subculture -- Russia (Federation); Music -- Social aspects
Description: Notes From Underground offers the first Western sociological study of rock music and counterculture in Russian society. Based on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and life-history analysis, the author provides a detailed ethnographic examination of the origins and local meanings of rock music and the countercultural way of life of rock musicians in St. Petersburg during the socialist period of Russian history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-389) and index.