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Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture Hardcover - 2002

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Author: Editor-Roger Beebe; Editor-Denise Fulbrook; Editor-Ben Saunders
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This collection brings new voices and new perspectives to the study of popular--and particularly rock--music. Focusing on a variety of artists and music forms, Rock Over the Edge asks what happens to rock criticism when rock is no longer a coherent concept. To work toward an answer, contributors investigate previously neglected genres and styles, such as "lo fi," alternative country, and "rock en espaol," while offering a fresh look at such familiar figures as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Kurt Cobain.
Bridging the disciplines of musicology and cultural studies, the collection has two primary goals: to seek out a language for talking about music culture and to look at the relationship of music to culture in general. The editors' introduction provides a backward glance at recent rock criticism and also looks to the future of the rapidly expanding discipline of popular music studies. Taking seriously the implications of critical theory for the study of non-literary aesthetic endeavors, the volume also addresses such issues as the affective power of popular music and the psychic construction of fandom.
Rock Over the Edge will appeal to scholars and students in popular music studies and American Studies as well as general readers interested in popular music.

Contributors. Ian Balfour, Roger Beebe, Michael Coyle, Robert Fink, Denise Fulbrook, Tony Grajeda, Lawrence Grossberg, Trent Hill, Josh Kun, Jason Middleton, Lisa Ann Parks, Ben Saunders, John J. Sheinbaum, Gayle Wald, Warren Zanes

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"Smart, provocative, contradictory, suggestive, irritating, inspiring, exhaustive, exhausting and over the top--"Rock Over the Edge" takes the imperative of its title seriously, though often with a welcome sense of humor. Anyone who cares about popular music will find much in here to react to--either by shouting out in affirmation, or hurling the damn thing against the wall."--Anthony DeCurtis, author of "Rocking My Life Away: Writing About Music and Other Matters"

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Title Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture
Author Roger Beebe (Editor); Denise Fulbrook (Editor); Ben Saunders (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Pages 400
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Duke University Press
Date 2002-04
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated, Maps
ISBN 9780822329008 / 082232900X
Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
Dimensions 9.38 x 6.44 x 1.31 in (23.83 x 16.36 x 3.33 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Rock music - History and criticism
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001008588
Dewey Decimal Code 781.66

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Citations

Choice, 11/01/2002, Page 479

About the author

Roger Beebe is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Florida.

Denise Fulbrook is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Duke University.

Ben Saunders is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oregon.

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