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Forfatteren beskriver rockmusikken som et politisk fænomen med en vigtig plads i massekulturen, og dens betydning som identitetsskabende, både for individet og for gruppen
"Gracyk grapples with the ways that rock shapes--limits and expands--our notions of who we can be in the world. [He] sees rock as a mass art, open-ended and open to diverse (but not unlimited) interpretations. Recordings reach millions, drawing people together in communities of …
"Gracyk grapples with the ways that rock shapes--limits and expands--our notions of who we can be in the world. [He] sees rock as a mass art, open-ended and open to diverse (but not unlimited) interpretations. Recordings reach millions, drawing people together in communities of …
You know it when you hear it, but can you say what it is? How you know? Why you either love or loathe it? What makes it original or derivative? To a music that tends to render its aficionados and detractors equally inarticulate, Theodore Gracyk brings a rare critical clarity. Hi…
A happy marriage of aesthetic theory and the aesthetic practice that moved a generation, 'Rhythm and Noise' is the only thorough-going account of rock as a distinct artistic medium rather than a species of popular culture.
A happy marriage of aesthetic theory and the aesthetic practice that moved a generation, 'Rhythm and Noise' is the only thorough-going account of rock as a distinct artistic medium rather than a species of popular culture.
It's long been assumed that people who prefer Led Zeppelin to Mozart live aesthetically impoverished lives. But why? Written by an award-winning popular music scholar, this book argues that aesthetic value is just as important in popular listening as it is with "serious" music.
"It has long been assumed that people who prefer Led Zeppelin to Mozart live aesthetically impoverished lives. But why? In Listening to Popular Music , award-winning popular music scholar Theodore Gracyk argues that aesthetic value is just as important in popular listening as it…
