Synopses & Reviews
Rockin' Out offers a comprehensive history of popular music in the United States from the heyday of Tin Pan Alley to the present day sounds of electronic dance music and teen pop, from the invention of the phonograph to the promise of the Internet. It offers an analysis and critique of the music itself as well as how it is produced and marketed.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Definitions,Themes, and Issues
Chapter 1 Mass Technology and Popular Taste: The Tin Pan Alley Era
Chapter 2 Blues and Country Music: Mass Media and the Construction of Race
Chapter 3 “Good Rockin’ Tonight”: The Rise of Rhythm and Blues
Chapter 4 Crossing Cultures: The Eruption of Rock ’n’ Roll
Chapter 5 The Empire Strikes Back: The Reaction to Rock ’n’ Roll
Chapter 6 Popular Music and Political Culture: The Sixties
Chapter 7 Music Versus Markets: The Fragmentation of Pop
Chapter 8 Punk and Disco: The Poles of Pop
Chapter 9 Music Videos, Superstars, and Mega-Events: The Eighties
Chapter 10 Rap and Metal: Youth Culture and Censorship
Chapter 11 Mainstreaming Alternatives: Packaging Pop in the Nineties and Beyond
Chapter 12 Welcome to the Terrordome: Music and Copyright in (a Time of) Crisis
Chapter 13 Getting Back to Business: Popular Music in the New Millennium