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Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class: Dreaming in Middletown
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- ISBN
- 9780253221490
- Book Title
- Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class : Dreaming in Middletown
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Music
- Topic
- Genres & Styles / General, Genres & Styles / Rock, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 13.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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McDonald's wide-ranging musical and cultural analysis sheds light on one of the most successful and enduring rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253221498
ISBN-13
9780253221490
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72418116
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class : Dreaming in Middletown
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Genres & Styles / General, Genres & Styles / Rock, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Ml421.R87m34 2009
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College Graduate Student
Reviews
McDonald has a lot of interesting points to make about the music, the band, and what was going on in the world surrounding them at the time. Rush fans who are interested in something more in-depth than the normal run of band biographies should at least take a look at this volume., "McDonald has a lot of interesting points to make about the music, the band, and what was going on in the world surrounding them at the time. Rush fans who are interested in something more in-depth than the normal run of band biographies should at least take a look at this volume.February 12, 2010"-- Goldmine "If you are the sort who is a Rush freak, a musician, and a fan of academic writing, you'll enjoy this book.March 31, 2010"-- PopMatters "A well-researched, provocative glimpse into one of the most popular, yet oft-overlooked bands in the history of rock."--Theo Cateforis, editor of The Rock History Reader "McDonald makes an important contribution to our understanding of the middle class as a force in North American rock culture, and at the same time offers a pioneering look at one of the most idiosyncratic and influential bands of the past four decades. This book should be welcomed not only by those with an interest in hard and progressive rock, but also by anyone who wishes to understand the role of social class in recent popular culture."--William Echard, Carleton University "As Chris McDonald correctly points out in Dreaming in Middletown, writing on rock music traditionally has tended to privilege the working class as the ultimate site of authentic expression. It is refreshing to encounter a scholarly book that finally takes up the challenge of interpreting popular music's meanings in relation to its substantial, yet often neglected, middle class fan base. Deftly interweaving in-depth musical analyses with the insights of sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, and the voices of Rush fans themselves, McDonald has produced a smart, probing, and illuminating scholarly work that deserves a place alongside Susan Fast's In the Houses of the Holy as one of the best musicological studies of a single rock band."--Theo Cateforis, Syracuse University, A well-researched, provocative glimpse into one of the most popular, yet oft-overlooked bands in the history of rock., "McDonald has a lot of interesting points to make about the music, the band, and what was going on in the world surrounding them at the time. Rush fans who are interested in something more in-depth than the normal run of band biographies should at least take a look at this volume." -Goldmine, February 12, 2010, "McDonald makes an important contribution to our understanding of the middle class as a force in North American rock culture, and at the same time offers a pioneering look at one of the most idiosyncratic and influential bands of the past four decades. This book should be welcomed not only by those with an interest in hard and progressive rock, but also by anyone who wishes to understand the role of social class in recent popular culture." -William Echard, Carleton University, author of Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy, "If you are the sort who is a Rush freak, a musician, and a fan of academic writing, you'll enjoy this book." -PopMatters, McDonald makes an important contribution to our understanding of the middle class as a force in North American rock culture, and at the same time offers a pioneering look at one of the most idiosyncratic and influential bands of the past four decades. This book should be welcomed not only by those with an interest in hard and progressive rock, but also by anyone who wishes to understand the role of social class in recent popular culture., "A well-researched, provocative glimpse into one of the most popular, yet oft-overlooked bands in the history of rock." Theo Cateforis, editor ofThe Rock History Reader, "A well-researched, provocative glimpse into one of the most popular, yet oft-overlooked bands in the history of rock." -- Theo Cateforis, editor of The Rock History Reader, "As Chris McDonald correctly points out in Dreaming in Middletown, writing on rock music traditionally has tended to privilege the working class as the ultimate site of authentic expression. It is refreshing to encounter a scholarly book that finally takes up the challenge of interpreting popular music's meanings in relation to its substantial, yet often neglected, middle class fan base. Deftly interweaving in-depth musical analyses with the insights of sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, and the voices of Rush fans themselves, McDonald has produced a smart, probing, and illuminating scholarly work that deserves a place alongside Susan Fast's In the Houses of the Holy as one of the best musicological studies of a single rock band." -- Theo Cateforis, Syracuse University, editor of The Rock History Reader, "McDonald makes an important contribution to our understanding of the middle class as a force in North American rock culture, and at the same time offers a pioneering look at one of the most idiosyncratic and influential bands of the past four decades. This book should be welcomed not only by those with an interest in hard and progressive rock, but also by anyone who wishes to understand the role of social class in recent popular culture." -- William Echard, Carleton University, author of Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy, "A well-researched, provocative glimpse into one of the most popular, yet oft-overlooked bands in the history of rock." -Theo Cateforis, editor of The Rock History Reader, If you are the sort who is a Rush freak, a musician, and a fan of academic writing, you'll enjoy this book., "McDonald has a lot of interesting points to make about the music, the band, and what was going on in the world surrounding them at the time. Rush fans who are interested in something more in-depth than the normal run of band biographies should at least take a look at this volume." -- Goldmine, February 12, 2010, "If you are the sort who is a Rush freak, a musician, and a fan of academic writing, you'll enjoy this book." -- PopMatters, March 31, 2010, As Chris McDonald correctly points out in Dreaming in Middletown, writing on rock music traditionally has tended to privilege the working class as the ultimate site of authentic expression. It is refreshing to encounter a scholarly book that finally takes up the challenge of interpreting popular music's meanings in relation to its substantial, yet often neglected, middle class fan base. Deftly interweaving in-depth musical analyses with the insights of sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, and the voices of Rush fans themselves, McDonald has produced a smart, probing, and illuminating scholarly work that deserves a place alongside Susan Fast's In the Houses of the Holy as one of the best musicological studies of a single rock band. --Theo Cateforis, Syracuse University "editor of The Rock History Reader ", "As Chris McDonald correctly points out in Dreaming in Middletown, writing on rock music traditionally has tended to privilege the working class as the ultimate site of authentic expression. It is refreshing to encounter a scholarly book that finally takes up the challenge of interpreting popular music's meanings in relation to its substantial, yet often neglected, middle class fan base. Deftly interweaving in-depth musical analyses with the insights of sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, and the voices of Rush fans themselves, McDonald has produced a smart, probing, and illuminating scholarly work that deserves a place alongside Susan Fast's In the Houses of the Holy as one of the best musicological studies of a single rock band." -Theo Cateforis, Syracuse University, editor of The Rock History Reader, "If you are the sort who is a Rush freak, a musician, and a fan of academic writing, you'll enjoy this book." -- PopMatters
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Anywhere But Here": Rush and Suburban Desires for Escape 2. "Swimming Against the Stream": Individualism and Middle-Class Subjectivity in Rush 3. "The Work of Gifted Hands": Professionalism and Virtuosity in Rush's Style 4. "Experience to Extremes": Discipline, Detachment, and Excess in Rush 5. "Reflected in Another Pair of Eyes": Representations of Rush Fandom 6. "Scoffing at the Wise?": Rush, Rock Criticism, and the Middlebrow Notes Works Cited Selected Discography Index
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-019548
Dewey Decimal
782.42166092/2
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Profiles in Popular Music Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
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