Kurt Torell

Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity (eBook, PDF)

Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Explorations

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationships between rock and roll, social protest, and authenticity to consider how rock and roll could function as social protest music. The author begins by discussing the nature and origins of rock and roll and the nature of social protest and social protest music within the wider context of the evolution of the commercial music industry and the social and technological infrastructure developed for the mass dissemination of popular music. This discussion is followed by an examination of the causes of the public disapproval originally expressed toward rock and roll, and how they illuminate its social protest and subversive quality. By further investigating the nature of authenticity and its relationship to social protest and to commercialization, the author considers how social protest and commercialization are antithetical. This conclusion, if correct, has broad implications for human culture in advanced industrial society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978772748
• Artikelnr.: 74398666

Autorenporträt

Kurt Torell is associate professor of philosophy at The Pennsylvania State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "But the Man Can't Bust Our Music" (Columbia Records Print
Ad, 1968)
Chapter 1: The Nature and Origins of Rock and Roll
Chapter 2: The Influence of Records
Chapter 3: The Nature and Influence of Commercial Radio
Chapter 4: Copyright, ASCAP, BMI, and Payola
Chapter 5: The Folk "Revival"
Chapter 6: Rock and Roll as Social Protest
Chapter 7: Authenticity and Social Protest
Chapter 8: Conclusion
References