Working Class Heroes: Rock Music and British Society in the 1960s and 1970s
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Dec 19, 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780739170519
Description: In Working Class Heroes, David Simonelli explores the influence of rock and roll on British society in the 1960s and 70s. At a time when social distinctions were becoming harder to measure, rock musicians appeared to embody the mythical qualities of the idealized working class by perpetuating the image of rebellious, irreverent, and authentic musicians. In the process, these images helped change the way people looked at the concept of class in the mid-twentieth century and beyond [Publisher description]