Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity | Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Explorations

Kurt Torell

ISBN 10: 1793655650 / ISBN 13: 9781793655653

Published by Lexington Books, 2023

About this Item

Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity | Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Explorations | Kurt Torell | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023 | Lexington Books | EAN 9781793655653 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity | Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Explorations
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793655650
• ISBN 13: 9781793655653
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 10D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 284 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book explores the relationships between rock and roll, social protest, and authenticity to consider how rock and roll could function as social protest music. The author begins by discussing the nature and origins of rock and roll and the nature of social protest and social protest music within the wider context of the evolution of the commercial music industry and the social and technological infrastructure developed for the mass dissemination of popular music. This discussion is followed by an examination of the causes of the public disapproval originally expressed toward rock and roll, and how they illuminate its social protest and subversive quality. By further investigating the nature of authenticity and its relationship to social protest and to commercialization, the author considers how social protest and commercialization are antithetical. This conclusion, if correct, has broad implications for human culture in advanced industrial society.

About the Author

Kurt Torell is associate professor of philosophy at The Pennsylvania State University.