Music, style, and aging : growing old disgracefully? /
The image of the aging rock-and-roller is not just Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger on stage in their sixties. In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music. For many aging followers of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Temple University Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The image of the aging rock-and-roller is not just Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger on stage in their sixties. In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music. For many aging followers of rock, punk, and other contemporary popular genres, music is ingrained in their identities. Its meaning is highly personal and intertwined with the individual's biographical development. Bennett studies these fans and how they have changed over time--through fashions, hairstyles, etc... |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439908099 (electronic bk.) 1439908095 (electronic bk.) |