Captures all of the excitement, freedom of expression, love, wild abandon, and the moment of cultural transformation that gave us classic rock, drawing from an array of sources, including influential London music newspapers as well as original interviews with key participants in…
This book illustrates how social meanings provided by music are experienced throughout the course of life. To this end, the author examines in depth the concepts of self, identity, socialization, and the life course itself. Social scientists have traditionally focused on music e…
Vivien Goldman, probes four themes; identity, money, love, and protest, to explore what makes punk such a liberating art form for women. With her visceral style, Goldman blends interviews, history, and her personal experience as one of Britain's first female music writers in a b…
"Authenticity is much sought after; being described as inauthentic is an insult or an embarrassment. Being authentic suggests that a given behaviour or performance is reflective of a 'trueness' or 'genuineness' to one's identity. From a social science perspective there is someti…