Rock Criticism from the Beginning (Music/Meanings) [Paperback]

Gestur Gudmundsson (Author), Hans Weisethaunet (Author), Ulf Lindberg (Author), Morten Michelsen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Music/Meanings | Publication Date: September 29, 2005

Rock Criticism from the Beginning is a wide-ranging exploration of the rise and development of rock criticism in Britain and the United States from the 1960s to the present. It chronicles the evolution of a new form of journalism, and the course by which writing on rock was transformed into a respected field of cultural production. The authors explore the establishment of magazines from Crawdaddy! and Rolling Stone to The Source, and from Melody Maker and New Musical Express to The Wire, while investigating the careers of well-known music critics like Robert Christgau, Greil Marcus, and Lester Bangs in the U.S., and Nik Cohn, Paul Morley, and Jon Savage in the U.K., to name just a few. While much has been written on the history of rock, this Bourdieu-inspired book is the first to offer a look at the coming of age of rock journalism, and the critics that opened up a whole new kind of discourse on popular music.

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About the Author

Ulf Lindberg received his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Lund University. A former Swedish Lecturer at the Department of Scandinavian Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark, he is presently Lecturer at the Department of Teacher Education at Malmö University in Sweden.

Gestur Guðmundsson received his Ph.D. in sociology from The University of Copenhagen. He is Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Sociology, The Danish University of Education. His books include Let’s Rock This Town and Rokksaga Islands (The History of Icelandic Rock) and two books on the Nordic model.

Morten Michelsen received his Ph.D. in musicology from The University of Copenhagen. He is Associate Professor of Popular Music at the University of Copenhagen and leader of a research project on Danish rock culture from the 1950s to the 1980s. His dissertation examined language and sound in the analysis of rock music.

Hans Weisethaunet received his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from The University of Oslo. He is Associate Professor at the Grieg Academy, the University of Bergen, Norway. His dissertation, The Performance of Everyday Life: The Gaine of Nepal, is based on anthropological research in Nepal

Product Details

• Paperback: 369 pages
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing (September 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820474908
• ISBN-13: 978-0820474908
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,205,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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