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

• Autore: Altschuler Glenn C
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.66/0973
• Soggetto topico: Rock music - Social aspects - United States; Rock music - United States - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 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,
• 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.: 9910783268303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pivotal moments in American history.