"The interviews are freewheeling and often very frank...[A]n important--and enjoyable--contribution to the scholarly literature on popular culture and aging."--Library Journal, 15th February 2013 "Fifty-something Bennett's sparkling short study dispenses with nostalgia and looking your age and extends our understanding of youth music subcultures beyond youth. No future? Of course there is!" - Times Higher Education

In his timely book <i>Music, Style, and Aging</i>, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music.
In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music.
Acknowledgments Introduction: A Life-Changing Thing I Contextualizing Popular Music and Aging 1 Popular Music and the Aging Audience 2 Individual and Collective Lifestyles of Aging Popular Music Audiences II Case Studies 3 Toning Down the Mohawk: Music, Style, and Aging 4 Career Opportunities: Work, Leisure, and the Aging Popular Music Fan 5 "This Is 'Dad House'": Continuity and Conflict among Multigenerational Music Audiences 6 Still "Changing the World"? Music, Aging, and Politics Conclusion: Too Old to Rock and Roll? Appendix: A Note on Methodology Bibliography Index
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In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music.

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ISBN
9781439908075
Publisert
2013-01-04
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Vendor
Temple University Press,U.S.
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, 06, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
226

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Andy Bennett is Professsor of Cultural Sociology and Director of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He is a Faculty Fellow with the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University and author of Culture and Everyday Life, Cultures of Popular Music, and Popular Music and Youth Culture: Music, Identity, and Place.