Rush, rock music and the middle class : dreaming in Middletown /
Canadian progressive rock band Rush was the voice of the suburban middle class. In this book, Chris McDonald assesses the band's impact on popular music and its legacy for legions of fans. McDonald explores the ways in which Rush's critique of suburban life -- and its strategies for escape...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press,
©2009.
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Colección: | Profiles in popular music.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Canadian progressive rock band Rush was the voice of the suburban middle class. In this book, Chris McDonald assesses the band's impact on popular music and its legacy for legions of fans. McDonald explores the ways in which Rush's critique of suburban life -- and its strategies for escape -- reflected middle-class aspirations and anxieties, while its performances manifested the dialectic in prog rock between discipline and austerity, and the desire for spectacle and excess. The band's reception reflected the internal struggles of the middle class over cultural status. Critics cavalierly dismi. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-244), discography (p. 246-247}, and index. |
ISBN: | 9780253004048 0253004047 1282539884 9781282539884 9786612539886 6612539887 |