Rock Music in Performance

ISBN-13: 9781403947468 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 188 str.

David Pattie

Opis

In this new study, David Pattieexamines the apparent contradiction between authenticity and theatricality in the live performance ofrock music, and looks at the way in which various performers have dealt with this paradox fromrock music's early development in the 1960s upto the present day."

Recenzje

'Rock Music in Performance is an engaging and thought-provoking book that should appeal to scholars in a number of disciplines. David Pattie shows careful consideration of popular music theory and a clear command of much popular music history.' - Timothy J. Dowd, Boekman

Spis treści

Introduction PART 1: PERFORMANCE AND THE PRACTICE OF AUTHENTICITY 4:Real: Performance and Authenticity Performance and Mediation: Performance, Space and Technology Performance, Gender and Rock Music PART 2: PERFORMANCE, AUTHENTICITY AND HISTORY The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 21st Century Bibliography DVD List Video List Websites Index

O autorze

DAVID PATTIE is Reader in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Chester, UK. He is the author of The Complete Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett (2001), and has published widely on contemporary performance, popular culture, and popular music.