Transmission and Transgression: The History of Rock 'n' Roll on Television

ISBN-13: 9781433153044 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 344 str.

Gary Kenton

Opis

Transmission and Transgression uses an interdisciplinary approach to identify inherent technological and sensory incompatibilities between the medium of television and the cultural practice of rock 'n' roll, and to place these tensions within broader societal and temporal contexts.

Recenzje

"Jean Baudrillard rubs shoulders with Soupy Sales in Gary Kenton's encyclopedic history and indictment of television's emasculation of rock 'n' roll. Anyone who rushed home from school to watch American Bandstand, stayed up late to catch Midnight Special, or glommed onto MTV will revisit old memories in Transmission and Transgression, find new food for thought, and discover the missing link between Alan Freed and Andy Warhol." -Ken Emerson, author of Always Magic in the Air

Spis treści

List of Illustrations - Acknowledgments - Introduction - The Music and the Audience - Rockaphobia - The Mediums and the Messages - Technologies - Reception and Perception - The Non-Recognition Era - The Ridicule Era - The Regulation Era, Part 1 - The Regulation Era, Part 2 - The Regulation Era, Part 3 - The Respect Era, Part 1 - The Respect Era, Part 2 - The Respect Era, Part 3 - Conclusion - Appendix of TV Shows Featuring Rock 'n' Roll - Videography - Selected Discography - Index.

O autorze

Gary Kenton began his career as a rock journalist with Fusion and Creem magazines. He subsequently worked in public relations for Warner Bros., Island, and CBS Records, and would later teach students with disabilities. After receiving a master's degree from Fordham University, he has taught communications at several universities. Some of his recent publications include "Insolent Networks: The Auto-Mated Social Life" in Confronting Technopoly and "'Come See About Me': Why the Baby Boomers Liked Stax but Loved Motown" in Baby Boomers and Popular Culture.