Cultures of popular music / Andy Bennett.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-187) and index.

1. Post-War Youth and Rock 'N' Roll. The development of the post-war youth market. The cultural impact of rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll in search of an idol. Rock 'n' roll as a 'global' music. Post-war youth culture and the CCCS -- 2. Sixties Rock, Politics and the Counter-Culture. The counter-culture. Music, drugs and the counter-culture. The anti-Vietnam war campaign. The Civil Rights Movement. Counter-cultural ideology and non-western youth -- 3. Heavy Metal. The origins of heavy metal. Heavy metal and gender. Extreme metal, youth and postindustrial society. Heavy metal, Satanism and teenage suicide -- 4. Punk and Punk Rock. The origins of punk. Anarchy in the UK. The punk style. Punk in a global context -- 5. Reggae and Rasta Culture. The origins of reggae. Reggae and Rastafarianism. Reggae in Britain. White British youth and reggae. Reggae and Australian Aboriginal youth -- 6. Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture. The origins of rap and hip hop. Hip hop and the African diaspora. Hip hop as a global resource. Hip hop in western Europe. Hip hop in Japan and Oceania -- 7. Bhangra and Contemporary Asian Dance Music. The origins and development of bhangra. Bhangra beat and Asian youth. Post-bhangra Asian dance music. New Asian youth identities -- 8. Contemporary Dance Music and Club Cultures. The origins of contemporary dance music. Dance music, technology and the role of the DJ. A new moral panic. 'Club cultures' and 'neo-tribes'. Dance music and new social movements. Dance music and gender -- 9. Youth and Music-Making. Youth, music-making and rock 'n' roll. Becoming a band. Music-making and identity. Women and music-making. Music-making and education -- 10. Whose Generation? Youth, Music and Nostalgia. Whose generation? A 'golden age' of youth. Generation X.

"In this text, Andy Bennett presents a comprehensive cultural, social and historical overview of post-war popular music genres, from rock 'n' roll and psychedelic pop, through punk and heavy metal, to rap, rave and techno. Providing a chapter by chapter account, Bennett also examines the style-based youth cultures to which such genres have given rise. Drawing on key research in sociology, media studies and cultural studies, the book considers the cultural significance of respective post-war popular music genres for young audiences, with reference to issues such as space and place, ethnicity, gender, creativity, education and leisure. A key feature of the book is its departure from conventional Anglo-American perspectives. In addition to British and US examples, the book refers to studies conducted in Germany, Holland, Sweden, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, Russia and Hungary, presenting the cultural relationship between youth culture and popular music as a truly global phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.

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