Study about the various ways popular music has been deployed as anti-establishment and how such opposition both influences and responds to the music produced. Survey of diverse forms of popular music in relation to the creation of communities of protest since 1975: Hip-Hop, Drum…
The contributors in this volume examine the various ways in which popular music has been deployed as anti-establishment and how such opposition both influences and responds to the music produced.
"Popular music has traditionally served as a rallying point for voices of opposition, across a huge variety of genres. This volume examines the various ways popular music has been deployed as anti-establishment and how such opposition both influences and responds to the music pr…
The contributors in this volume examine the various ways in which popular music has been deployed as anti-establishment and how such opposition both influences and responds to the music produced.
The image of the outlaw biker is widely recognized in North American society. The reality is known only to insiders. To study the phenomenon of outlaw biker clubs, anthropologist Daniel Wolf bridged the gap between image and reality by becoming an insider.
The image of the outlaw biker is widely recognized in North American society. The reality is known only to insiders. To study the phenomenon of outlaw biker clubs, anthropologist Daniel Wolf bridged the gap between image and reality by becoming an insider.
This textbook looks at the construction of class within the intimate contexts of the body, the home, the marketplace, the locality and the nation to assess how the subjective identity of the "working class" has been maintained.
This textbook looks at the construction of class within the intimate contexts of the body, the home, the marketplace, the locality and the nation to assess how the subjective identity of the "working class" has been maintained.
Bringing together key theoretical statements with analyses of particular aspects of youth culture - music, clubbing, body modification and the Internet - this text offers a wide-ranging account of developments in youth culture research that reject, refine or reinvent the concept…
While the youth counterculture remains the most evocative and best-remembered symbol of the cultural ferment of the 1960s, the revolution that shook American business during those boom years has gone largely unremarked. In this fascinating and revealing new study, Thomas Frank s…
Constructing a rich tapestry of example and experience spanning eight centuries, Palmer's fascinating account details lives of exclusion and challenge, as the "night travels" of the transgressors clash repeatedly with the powerful conventions of their times. Nights of liberation…
Examines the reciprocal relationship shared between feminism and popular culture from the 1940s to the twenty-first century; and discusses representations of women on television and in films, music, advertisements, and other medias.
Whether or not we like to admit it, pop culture is a lens through which we alternately view and shape the world around us. When it comes to feminism, pop culture aids us in translating feminist philosophies, issues, and concepts into everyday language, making them relevant and r…
