Rock Criticism from the Beginning Amusers, Bruisers, and Cool-Headed Cruisers - Music/meanings

Rock Criticism from the Beginning is a wide-ranging exploration of the rise and development of rock criticism in Britain and the United States from the 1960s to the present. It chronicles the evolution of a new form of journalism, and the course by which writing on rock was transformed into a respected field of cultural production. The authors explore the establishment of magazines from Crawdaddy! and Rolling Stone to The Source, and from Melody Maker and New Musical Express to The Wire, while investigating the careers of well-known music critics like Robert Christgau, Greil Marcus, and Lester Bangs in the U.S., and Nik Cohn, Paul Morley, and Jon Savage in the U.K., to name just a few. While much has been written on the history of rock, this Bourdieu-inspired book is the first to offer a look at the coming of age of rock journalism, and the critics that opened up a whole new kind of discourse on popular music.

ISBN:	9780820474908
Publisher:	Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Imprint:	Peter Lang
Published date:	29 Sep 2005
DEWEY:	781.66117
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	369
Weight:	528g
Height:	154mm
Width:	225mm
Spine width:	31mm

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