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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786206103321

Autore

Goodyer Ian

Titolo

Crisis music [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural politics of rock against racism / / Ian Goodyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009

ISBN

1-84779-300-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

322.4/40941

Soggetti

Rock music - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Rock musicians - Political activity - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Protest movements - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Anti-racism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

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

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

Protest songs - Great Britain - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719079245; 9780719079245; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Origins and contexts; 2 Critical responses to Rock Against Racism; 3 Rock Against Racism and the Socialist Workers Party; 4 Rock Against Racism,youth culture and multiculturalism; 5 Rock Against Racism,culture and social struggle; 6 Aftermath; 7 Conclusions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Marching to the beat of punk rock and reggae, Rock Against Racism was a mass movement built in opposition to racism and fascism in 1970's Britain. At a time of severe economic and social crises, RAR, alongside the Anti-Nazi League, organised one of the biggest and most effective political and cultural mobilisations of the post-war period.Expressing itself through spectacular carnivals, concerts, marches and innovative forms of design and communication, RAR combined hard-



headed political organisation with the optimism and energy of radical youth culture.Drawing on interviews with activists, supp