We Gotta Get Out of This Place: Popular Conservatism and Postmodern Culture

ISBN-13: 9780415903301 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 448 str.

Lawrence Grossberg

Opis

Consider this paradox - for many people, rock is dead, crushed by the weight of its own success and popularity, little more than a voice of mainstream commercial entertainment. But for many others, especially among the new conservative Right, rock poses a greater threat now than ever before. What is it about rock that makes it so important in contemporary political struggles?

Spis treści

Introduction: Theory, Politics and Passion; Part 1 Cultural Studies Theory, Power and the Popular; Chapter 1 Articulation and Culture; Chapter 2 Mapping Popular Culture; Chapter 3 Power and Daily Life; Chapter 4 Articulation and Agency; Part 2 Another Boring Day in … Paradise: A Rock Formation; Chapter 5 Rock Cultures and Rock Formations; Chapter 6 Rock, the Liberal Consensus and Everyday Life; Chapter 7 Rock and Youth; Chapter 8 Rock, Postmodernity and Authenticity; Part 3 “Where the Streets have no Name”: Hegemony and Territorialization; Chapter 9 Nation, Hegemony and Culture; Chapter 10 Hegemony and the Postmodern Frontier; Chapter 11 Ideology and Affective Epidemics; Chapter 12 The Disciplined Mobilization of Everyday Life; Part 4 “Real Power Doesn't Make Any Noise”: Capitalism and the Left; Chapter 13 Life During Wartime; Chapter 14 “If You're Sailing on the Titanic, Go First Class”: The Struggle Over Capitalism; Chapter 15 “You Can't Always Get What You Want”: The Struggle Over the Left;

O autorze

Lawrence Grossberg