Music, style, and aging : growing old disgracefully? /

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The image of the aging rock-and-roller is not just Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger on stage in their sixties. In this book, a cultural sociologist explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music. For many aging followers of rock, punk, and other contemporary popul...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bennett, Andy, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Popular music > Social aspects.
Rock music > Social aspects.
Aging > Social aspects.
Vieillissement > Aspect social.
Rock (Musique) > Aspect social.
Musique populaire > Aspect social.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Pop Vocal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Aging > Social aspects
Popular music > Social aspects
Rock music > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : A Life-Changing Thing
  • Contextualizing Popular Music and Aging. Popular Music and the Aging Audience ; Individual and Collective Lifestyles of Aging Popular Music Audiences
  • Case Studies. Toning Down the Mohawk : Music, Style, and Aging ; Career Opportunities : Work, Leisure, and the Aging Popular Music Fan ; "This Is 'Dad House'" : Continuity and Conflict among Multigenerational Music Audiences ; Still "Changing the World"? Music, Aging, and Politics
  • Conclusion : Too Old to Rock and Roll?
  • Appendix : A Note on Methodology.

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