Present Tense : Rock & Roll and Culture /
The most compelling art form to emerge from the United States in the second half of the twentieth century, rock & roll stands in an edgy relationship with its own mythology, its own musicological history and the broader culture in which it plays a part. In Present Tense, Anthony DeCurtis brings...
Other Authors: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
Published: |
Durham, N.C. :
Duke University Press,
1992.
|
Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | The most compelling art form to emerge from the United States in the second half of the twentieth century, rock & roll stands in an edgy relationship with its own mythology, its own musicological history and the broader culture in which it plays a part. In Present Tense, Anthony DeCurtis brings together writers from a wide variety of fields to explore how rock & roll is made, consumed, and experienced in our time. In this collection, Greil Marcus creates a collage of words and pictures that evokes and explores Elvis Presley's grisly fate as an American cultural image, while Rob. |
---|---|
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780822382225 |