All shook up : how rock 'n' roll changed America / / Glenn C. Altschuler

• Autore: Altschuler Glenn C
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 pages)
• Disciplina: 781.66/0973
• Soggetto topico: Rock music - Social aspects - United States; Rock music - United States - History and criticism
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of conroversy - 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 1950s, 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, sexuality, and race.
• Titolo autorizzato: All shook up
• ISBN: 0-19-771113-8; 0-19-983957-3; 1-280-48122-6; 0-19-803191-2; 0-19-518390-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812259903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pivotal moments in American history.