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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459602603321

Autore

Faulk Barry J

Titolo

British rock modernism, 1967-1977 [[electronic resource] ] : the story of music hall in rock / / Barry J. Faulk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, : Ashgate, 2010

ISBN

1-317-17151-9

1-282-85770-3

9786612857706

1-4094-1945-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Disciplina

781.660941/09046

Soggetti

Rock music - Great Britain - 1961-1970 - History and criticism

Rock music - Great Britain - 1971-1980 - History and criticism

Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 British Pop Women Singers of the 1960's and the Struggle for Modern Identity; 2 Modernist Rock Constructs the Folk: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour; 3 New Left in Victorian Drag: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus; 4 The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society and the Making of the Rock Auteur; 5 Modernist Nostalgia: The Sex Pistols' Music-Hall Revival; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

British Rock Modernism, 1967-1977 explains how the definitive British rock performers of this epoch aimed, not at the youthful rebellion for which they are legendary, but at a highly self-conscious project of commenting on the business in which they were engaged. They did so by ironically appropriating the traditional forms of Victorian music hall and the result was a symbolically charged form whose main purpose was to unsettle the hierarchy that set traditional popular culture above the new medium.