New Wave

Image Is Everything
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-47304-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 147 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 212 g

Reihe: Pop Music, Culture and Identity

New Wave: Image is Everything traces the evolution of the often neglected pop music genre, new wave. Using artists from Elvis Costello to Cyndi Lauper as illustrations, the book argues that new wave was among the first flowerings of postmodern theory in popular culture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adkins, K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction 2. New Wave's Rise in the UK 3. New Wave's Rise in the US 4. Making the Image Everything 5. Pure Images 6. The Return of Meaning Bibliography Discography

Über Autor(innen)

M. King Adkins works primarily in the fields of postmodernism and popular culture. During a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech, he began seeking ways to connect these research areas to STEM education. Currently he serves as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota.