Brit wits [[electronic resource] ] : a history of British rock humor / / by Iain Ellis

• Autore: Ellis Iain
• Pubblicazione: Bristol [England], : Intellect, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.66/09; 817
• Soggetto topico: Humor in music; Rock music - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: BRITISH, ROCK, HUMOR; MANIFESTATIONS ACROSS THE NATION; HOME IS WHERE THE HUMOR IS; COORDINATES AND DETERMINANTS; THE INS AND OUTS; 1. STARTING POINTS; Chapter 1: MUSIC HALL COMEDY; George Formby; Chapter 2: THE FIFTIES; AMERICAN DREAMING; Lonnie Donegan; Chapter 3: THE SIXTIES; ACCENT-UATIONS; The Beatles; The Kinks; WACKY WHIMSY; Pink Floyd; Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band; CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES; David Bowie, Part One; Chapter 4: THE SEVENTIES; GLAM BAM!; David Bowie, Part Two; Roxy Music; GOIN' DOWN TH' PUBS; Ian Dury ; NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S BRITISH PUNKSex Pistols; The Slits; PUNK POETRY; John Cooper Clarke; THE NUTTY SOUND; Madness; Chapter 5: THE EIGHTIES; NEW ROMANTICS; ABC; NEW TRADITIONALISTS; The Smiths; Billy Bragg; POP GO THE SCOTS; The Proclaimers; MANC LADS; The Macc Lads; Happy Mondays; Chapter 6: THE NINETIES; GIRL POWER!; Spice Girls; COOL BRITANNIA; Blur; Pulp; TECHNO-SHOCK THERAPY; The KLF; Chapter 7: THE NAUGHTIES; 2-STEPPIN' OUT; The Streets; LONDON'S ANTI-DIVAS; Lily Allen; BRITPOP'S UP AGAIN; Arctic Monkeys; Art Brut; WELSH WITS; Chapter 8: CLOSING POINTS ...; NOTES; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Humor, as much as any other trait, defines British cultural identity. It is "crucial in the English sense of nation," argues humor scholar Andy Medhurst; "To be properly English you must have a sense of humor," opines historian Antony Easthope. Author Zadie Smith perceives British humor as a national coping mechanism, stating, "You don't have to be funny to live here, but it helps." Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten concurs, commenting, "There's a sense of comedy in the English that even in your grimmest moments you laugh"". Although humor invariably functions as a relief valve for the Britis
• Titolo autorizzato: Brit wits
• ISBN: 1-84150-671-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779288003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II