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Political Rock.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317078708
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political RockDDC classification:
  • 306.4/8426
LOC classification:
  • ML3918.R63 .P65 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- An Introduction to Political Rock: History, Genre, and Politics -- 1 The Clash and Fugazi: Punk Paths Toward Revolution -- 2 Peter Gabriel: The Masked Activist -- 3 Bob Dylan: Someone Else's Stage -- 4 Bruce Cockburn: Canadian, Christian, Conservationist -- 5 Billy Bragg: Mixing Pop and Politics -- 6 Sinéad O'Connor: The Collision of Bodies -- 7 Steve Earle: The Politics of Empathy -- 8 Kim Gordon: Ordinary, Feminist, Musician -- 9 Ani DiFranco: Making Feminist Waves -- 10 Pearl Jam: The Conscience of Arena Rock -- 11 Rage Against the Machine: Militant Poetics -- Index.
Summary: Political Rock is a comparative, cultural history of luminary figures in rock music who have played important roles in social movements. Individual chapters are devoted to The Clash and Fugazi, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, Sinead O'Connor, Peter Gabriel, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Earle and Kim Gordon. These artists have been chosen for their status as rock musicians and connections to political moments, movements, and art.
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Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- An Introduction to Political Rock: History, Genre, and Politics -- 1 The Clash and Fugazi: Punk Paths Toward Revolution -- 2 Peter Gabriel: The Masked Activist -- 3 Bob Dylan: Someone Else's Stage -- 4 Bruce Cockburn: Canadian, Christian, Conservationist -- 5 Billy Bragg: Mixing Pop and Politics -- 6 Sinéad O'Connor: The Collision of Bodies -- 7 Steve Earle: The Politics of Empathy -- 8 Kim Gordon: Ordinary, Feminist, Musician -- 9 Ani DiFranco: Making Feminist Waves -- 10 Pearl Jam: The Conscience of Arena Rock -- 11 Rage Against the Machine: Militant Poetics -- Index.

Political Rock is a comparative, cultural history of luminary figures in rock music who have played important roles in social movements. Individual chapters are devoted to The Clash and Fugazi, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, Sinead O'Connor, Peter Gabriel, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Earle and Kim Gordon. These artists have been chosen for their status as rock musicians and connections to political moments, movements, and art.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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