Teenage nervous breakdown : music and politics in the post-Elvis age / David Walley.
| Author/creator | Walley, David |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Insight Books, ©1998. |
| Description | 240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "This, here. Soon" -- Who stole the Bomp (from the Bomp Sha Bomp)? -- Blame it on the sixties -- Boxers or briefs? Music politics in the post-Elvis age -- Play school: you can dress for it, but you can't escape it -- The twinkie defense -- Asking Alice: fighting for the right to party -- Don't touch me there: whatever happened to foreplay? -- White punks on dope: why Camille Paglia is academe's answer to Betty Page -- Da capo. |
| Abstract | This book details how a state of mind--which came out of 1950s-60s high school "American Graffiti" culture and peer group morals--was successfully transformed and commercially exploited. The book shows how, because of this, our lives and our world (if not the nature of American democracy) in the 1990s have been altered in the process. The author shrewdly points out that in this post-Elvis age we are hostages to the corrosive effects of an increasingly celebrity-driven consumerism, itself the result of the cumulative effects of the commercial exploitation of high-school peer group dynamics. Animated by a throbbing rock-and-roll beat, this virulent form of consumerism has given rise to a multinational, adolescent-driven corporate consciousness in which MTV (Music Television) has become the virtual Voice of America. The essays in this provocative book illustrate how this "evolution" took place and what has been its dubious contribution to American society. Among the issues at hand, the author looks archly at the controversial effect MTV has had on national politics, delves into the how and why behind the rebirth of heroin chic, and talks about how rock and roll has affected our sexual selves. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index. |
| LCCN | 98015095 |
| ISBN | 0306458624 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3795 .W29 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |