Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class
Dreaming in Middletown
Canadian progressive rock band Rush was the voice of the suburban middleclass. In this book, Chris McDonald assesses the band's impact on popular music andits legacy for legions of fans. McDonald explores the ways in which Rush's critiqueof suburban life -- and its strategies for escape -- reflected middle-classaspirations and anxieties, while its performances manifested the dialectic in progrock between discipline and austerity, and the desire for spectacle and excess. Theband's reception reflected the internal struggles of the middle class over culturalstatus. Critics cavalierly dismissed, or apologetically praised, Rush's music forits midd…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-22149-0
- EAN: 9780253221490
- Produktnummer: 4874553
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B14.2 cm x D1.7 cm 384 g
- Gewicht: 384
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Chris McDonald is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in popular music studies. He teaches at Cape Breton University.
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