Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History

by Deena Weinstein

Book Overview

What is rock? This book offers a new and systematic approach to understanding rock by applying sociological concepts in a historical context. Deena Weinstein, a rock critic, journalist, and academic, starts by outlining an original approach to understanding rock, explaining how the form has developed through a complex and ever-changing set of relations between artists, fans, and mediators. She then traces the history of rock in America through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442600152
• ISBN13: 9781442600157
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.1"