| Deviance, Disorder and Music in Modern Britain and America Contributor(s): Williamson, Cliff (Author), Kilday, Anne-Marie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1441150714 ISBN-13: 9781441150714 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2025 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of June 12, 2025 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Social History - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 306.484 |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Deviance, Disorder and Music in Modern Britain and America is a study of the perceived collision between morality and popular music in the mid-20th century. The arrival of 'Rock and Roll' music in 1955 signalled the beginning of music's grip on youth popular culture. Since then, there has been consistent attention paid to the impact of popular music on the behaviour of young people both in terms of morality and criminal behaviour. This work examines the early concerns associated with 'Rock and Roll', which focused around its contravention of the established racial order in America and promotion of material of a sexually explicit nature. In the Sixties there were further worries about the impact of music on youth in terms of disorder and increasing drug use. In the Seventies and beyond anxieties were introduced around the association with civil disobedience, racial violence and even Satanism. Cliff Williamson draws together these different elements into a coherent and original analysis of the interaction of the law and popular music in the modern era. |