Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970-2000

Uses popular music in the United States and United Kingdom in the years between 1970 and 2000 as the entrepôt to historical theory, and examines the history of popular music through alternative, or non-mainstream artists

Fills a pedagogical gap for instructors teaching courses on historical theory and methodologies

Presents historical theory and methodologies in an accessible manner, but also models the applicability of such approaches

Autorentext

Daniel Robert McClure is Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Irvine, Chapman University, and California State University, Fullerton.

Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr. is Assistant Professor of World History and Social Studies Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Those are the new saints.- 2. '400 Years': Modernity, the Longue Durée, and Jamaican Music, 1600s-1980s.- 3.This Charming Man: Queer and Alternative Masculinities, 1970-1994.- 4.Will the Wolf Survive?: Chicana/o Identity and Punk Rock in Los Angeles, 1977-2000..-5. A Perfect New Loop: Hip-Hop, Deindustrialization, and the Post-Civil Rights Era, and Hip-Hop, 1973-2000.- 6. The Pride of History: Post-Punk and the Aesthetics of Postmodernity.- 7. WavelessMTV and the 'Quiet' Feminism of the 1980s.- 8. HiraethThe Celtic Moment in 1980s Alternative Rock.- 9. Feels Blind: Counter-Hegemony in Alternative Rock during the Reagan/Thatcher Era.- 10. No Depression: The Nostalgia and Authenticity of Alternative Country.- 11. Conclusion.