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Working for the clampdown : The Clash, the dawn of neoliberalism and the political promise of punk /
This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music. The essays collated here locate The Clash in their own e...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Working for the clampdown : an introduction / Colin Coulter
- Part I. 'No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones' : the Clash, the politics of pop and the neoliberal conjuncture. The Clash, revolution and reverse / Jason Toynbee ; The Clash and musical artistry : against the corporate voice / Caroline Coon ; 'Up in heaven (not only here)' : the Clash, left melancholila and the politics of redemption / Colin Coulter
- Part II. 'Back in the garage with my bullshit detector' : the Clash and the cultural politics of punk. 'Are you going backwards, or are you going forwards?'--England past and England future in 1970s punk / Ruth Adams ; Retrieving the messianic promise of punk : the Clash in 1977 / Kevin Cashell ; What if Keith Levene had never left the Clash? Punk and the politics of novelty / Pete Dale ; 'The beautiful people are ugly too' : the Clash as my 'true fiction' / Martin James
- Part III. It could be anywhere, most likely could be any frontier, any hemisphere : The Clash around the world. 'Up and down the Westway' or 'live by the river'? Britishness, Englishness, London and the Clash / Conrad Brunström ; 'Cashing in the bill of rights'? The Clash, Gary Foley, punk politics and Indigenous Australian activism / Alessandro Moliterno ; Brigade Rosse : The Clash, Bologna and Italian punx / Giacomo Bottà and Ferruccio Quercetti.