Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture (Paperback)

by Roger Beebe (Editor), Ben Saunders (Editor), Denise Fulbrook (Editor), Roger Beebe (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"[S]killfully analysed . . . ."
--Anthony Elliott, The Australian

"[W]ell written . . . . [I]nsightful, imaginative, and innovative. . . . [An] engaging epistemological survey . . . ."


--P.C. Naylor, Choice

"[T]he book’s appeal is its subject matter: recent popular music. Simply put, this book gives exposure to music that rarely receives attention from academics. . . . Rock Over the Edge is a welcome collection that should stir debate and intellectual dialogue among its readers. It succeeds by confronting the confusion surrounding the state of rock music, by delving into the unfamiliar terrain of newer popular music styles, and by revisiting and questioning many of popular music studies long held critical traditions."


--Theo Cateforis, Notes

"[I]nteresting. . . ."
--Theodore Gracyk, American Studies

Product Description
This collection brings new voices and new perspectives to the study of popular—and particularly rock—music. Focusing on a variety of artists and music forms, Rock Over the Edge asks what happens to rock criticism when rock is no longer a coherent concept. To work toward an answer, contributors investigate previously neglected genres and styles, such as “lo fi,” alternative country, and “rock en español,” while offering a fresh look at such familiar figures as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Kurt Cobain.
Bridging the disciplines of musicology and cultural studies, the collection has two primary goals: to seek out a language for talking about music culture and to look at the relationship of music to culture in general. The editors’ introduction provides a backward glance at recent rock criticism and also looks to the future of the rapidly expanding discipline of popular music studies. Taking seriously the implications of critical theory for the study of non-literary aesthetic endeavors, the volume also addresses such issues as the affective power of popular music and the psychic construction of fandom.
Rock Over the Edge will appeal to scholars and students in popular music studies and American Studies as well as general readers interested in popular music.

Contributors. Ian Balfour, Roger Beebe, Michael Coyle, Robert Fink, Denise Fulbrook, Tony Grajeda, Lawrence Grossberg, Trent Hill, Josh Kun, Jason Middleton, Lisa Ann Parks, Ben Saunders, John J. Sheinbaum, Gayle Wald, Warren Zanes



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• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Duke University Press (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822329158
• ISBN-13: 978-0822329152
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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