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UNINA9910812259903321 |
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Autore |
Altschuler Glenn C |
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Titolo |
All shook up [[electronic resource] ] : how rock 'n' roll changed America / / Glenn C. Altschuler |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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0-19-771113-8 |
0-19-983957-3 |
1-280-48122-6 |
0-19-803191-2 |
0-19-518390-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pivotal moments in American history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rock music - Social aspects - United States |
Rock music - United States - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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All shook up : popular music and American culture, 1945-1955 -- Brown-eyed handsome man : rock 'n' roll and race -- Great balls of fire : rock 'n' roll and sexuality -- Yakety yak, don't talk back : rock 'n' roll and generational conflict -- Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news : rock 'n' roll and the pop culture wars -- The day the music died : rock 'n' roll's lull and revival. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it ""musical riots put to a switchblade beat""--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify?. As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950's, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's ""switchblade beat"" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, |
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