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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456469103321

Autore

McDonald Chris <1971->

Titolo

Rush, rock music and the middle class [[electronic resource] ] : dreaming in Middletown / / Chris McDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-53988-4

9786612539886

0-253-00404-7

Descrizione fisica

x, 255 p

Collana

Profiles in popular music

Disciplina

782.42166092/2

Soggetti

Rock music - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-244), discography (p. 246-247), and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Anywhere but here" : Rush and suburban desires for escape -- "Swimming against the stream" : individualism and middle-class subjectivity in Rush -- "The work of gifted hands" : professionalism and virtuosity in Rush's style -- "Experience to extremes" : discipline, detachment, and excess in Rush -- "Reflected in another pair of eyes" : representations of Rush fandom -- "Scoffing at the wise?" : Rush, rock criticism, and the middlebrow.