Gall The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer

Radicalism, resistance and rebellion
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4899-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Drawing on Strummer’s lyrics, interviews and bootleg recordings, as well as interviews with friends and contemporaries like Billy Bragg, The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer reveals the wide-ranging political influence of one of the twentieth century’s iconic rock’n’roll rebels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gall, Gregor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 Studying Strummer: issues and approach
2 Perceptions of Strummer’s politics
3 Strummer’s politics and philosophical perspectives
4 Rebel rock and its ramifications
5 Rocking against the rich
6 Advocate not activist
7 Straying from socialism
8 Strummer’s influence: secondary sources
9 Follower testimony
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gregor Gall is a Visiting Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Glasgow. He is editor of the Scottish Left Review magazine, director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation and a regular contributor to various newspapers and magazines.