| Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity: Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Explorations Contributor(s): Torell, Kurt (Author) |
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ISBN: 1793655634 ISBN-13: 9781793655639 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.66 |
| LCCN: 2021025771 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the relationships between rock and roll, social protest, and authenticity to consider how rock and roll could function as social protest music. The author begins by discussing the nature and origins of rock and roll and the nature of social protest and social protest music within the wider context of the evolution of the commercial music industry and the social and technological infrastructure developed for the mass dissemination of popular music. This discussion is followed by an examination of the causes of the public disapproval originally expressed toward rock and roll, and how they illuminate its social protest and subversive quality. By further investigating the nature of authenticity and its relationship to social protest and to commercialization, the author considers how social protest and commercialization are antithetical. This conclusion, if correct, has broad implications for human culture in advanced industrial society. |