Rock over the edge : transformations in popular music culture / edited by Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, and Ben Saunders.

Other author Beebe, Roger, 1971- editor.
Other author Fulbrook, Denise, 1969- editor.
Other author Saunders, Ben, 1968- editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, ©2002.
Description392 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Rock music--History and criticism.

Contents Introduction / Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, and Ben Saunders -- Reflections of a disappointed popular music scholar / Lawrence Grossberg -- Elvis everywhere: musicology and popular music studies at the twilight of the canon / Robert Fink -- "Think about what you're trying to do to me": rock historiography and the construction of a raced-based dialectic / John J. Sheinbaum -- Hijacked hits and antic authenticity: cover songs, race, and postwar marketing / Michael Coyle -- Why isn't country music "youth" culture? / Trent Hill -- Just a girl? rock music, feminism, and the cultural construction of female youth / Gayle Wald -- Satellite rhythms: channel V, Asian music videos, and transnational gender / Lisa Parks -- The "feminization" of rock / Tony Grajeda -- Rock's reconquista / Josh Kun -- A fan's notes: identification, desire, and the haunted sound barrier / R.J. Warren Zanes -- Mourning becomes...? Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur, and the "waning of affect" / Roger Beebe -- D.C. punk and the production of authenticity / Jason Middleton -- Queen theory: notes on the pet shop boys / Ian Balfour.
Abstract This collection brings new voices and new perspectives to the study of popular--and particularly rock--music. Focusing on a variety of artists and music forms, this book asks what happens to rock criticism when rock is no longer a coherent concept. To work toward an answer, contributors investigate previously neglected genres and styles, such as "lo fi," alternative country, and "rock en español," while offering a fresh look at such familiar figures as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Kurt Cobain. Bridging the disciplines of musicology and cultural studies, the collection has two primary goals: to seek out a language for talking about music culture and to look at the relationship of music to culture in general. The editors' introduction provides a backward glance at recent rock criticism and also looks to the future of the rapidly expanding discipline of popular music studies. Taking seriously the implications of critical theory for the study of non-literary aesthetic endeavors, the volume also addresses such issues as the affective power of popular music and the psychic construction of fandom.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001008588
ISBN082232900X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822329158 (pbk. : alk. paper)