Author: | Dr. Neil R. Nehring | ISBN: | 9781506339207 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | Publication: | March 20, 1997 |
Imprint: | SAGE Publications, Inc | Language: | English |
Author: | Dr. Neil R. Nehring |
ISBN: | 9781506339207 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Publication: | March 20, 1997 |
Imprint: | SAGE Publications, Inc |
Language: | English |
The migration of cynical academic ideas about postmodernism into music journalism are traced in this book. The result of this migration is a widespread fatalism over the ability of the music industry to absorb any expression of defiance in popular music.
The book synthesizes a number of fields: American and British academic and journalistic music criticism; aesthetic and literary history and theory from romanticism through postmodernism; alternative music such as feminist punk and grunge; political economy, which has fueled the obsession with commercial incorporation; and subcultural sociology.
The migration of cynical academic ideas about postmodernism into music journalism are traced in this book. The result of this migration is a widespread fatalism over the ability of the music industry to absorb any expression of defiance in popular music.
The book synthesizes a number of fields: American and British academic and journalistic music criticism; aesthetic and literary history and theory from romanticism through postmodernism; alternative music such as feminist punk and grunge; political economy, which has fueled the obsession with commercial incorporation; and subcultural sociology.