I Wanna Be Me: Rock Music and the Politics of Identity

By Theodore Gracyk

Book Overview

As someone who feels the emotional power of rock and who writes about it as an art form, Theodore Gracyk has been praised for launching arguments destined to change the future of rock and roll. In I... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566399033
• ISBN13: 9781566399036
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Not rock criticism, but an academic study of rock music

Another book about rock music by a college professor that is published by an academic publisher. It's an academic study. There are lots of footnotes. So I hate to see this book criticized by reviewers for being what it is, an academic study. It is not for everyone. It is not INTENDED for everyone. So of course it's boring, long-winded and dry for anyone who doesn't understand what kind of book it is. It's a book about the reasons that people give when they accuse white blues players of being racists, or say that punk rock is more authentic than pop music, or say that the Rolling Stones are sexist. It analyzes and criticizes those reasons. So be warned. It is not a book of rock criticism. It's a book of meta-criticism, critical analysis of criticism.