Garofalo, Reebee.

Rockin' out : popular music in the USA / Rocking out Reebee Garofalo. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008. - xii, 596 pages : ilustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-560) and indexes.

Mass technology and popular taste : the Tin Pan Alley era -- Blues and country music : mass media and the construction of race -- "Good rockin' tonight" : the rise of rhythm and blues -- Crossing cultures : the eruption of rock 'n' roll -- The empire strikes back : the reaction to rock 'n' roll -- Popular music and political culture : the sixties -- Music versus markets : the fragmentation of pop -- Punk and disco : the poles of pop -- Music videos, superstars, and mega-events : the eighties -- Rap and metal : youth culture and censorship -- Mainstreaming alternatives : packaging pop in the nineties and beyond -- Welcome to the terrordome : music and copyright in (a time of) crisis -- Getting back to business : popular music in the new millenium.

9780132343053 (alk. paper) 0132343053 (alk. paper)

2006100992


Popular music--History and criticism.--United States

ML 3477 / .G37 2008

781.640973