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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.

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"The interviews are freewheeling and often very frank...[A]n important--and enjoyable--contribution to the scholarly literature on popular culture and aging."--Library Journal, 15th February 2013 "Fifty-something Bennett's sparkling short study dispenses with nostalgia and looking your age and extends our understanding of youth music subcultures beyond youth. No future? Of course there is!" - Times Higher Education

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: A Life-Changing Thing I Contextualizing Popular Music and Aging 1 Popular Music and the Aging Audience 2 Individual and Collective Lifestyles of Aging Popular Music Audiences II Case Studies 3 Toning Down the Mohawk: Music, Style, and Aging 4 Career Opportunities: Work, Leisure, and the Aging Popular Music Fan 5 "This Is 'Dad House'": Continuity and Conflict among Multigenerational Music Audiences 6 Still "Changing the World"? Music, Aging, and Politics Conclusion: Too Old to Rock and Roll? Appendix: A Note on Methodology Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: 1/4/2013 12:01:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781439908075, 978-1439908075
      ISBN10: 1439908079
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      Theory of music and musicology Sociology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "The interviews are freewheeling and often very frank...[A]n important--and enjoyable--contribution to the scholarly literature on popular culture and aging."--Library Journal, 15th February 2013 "Fifty-something Bennett's sparkling short study dispenses with nostalgia and looking your age and extends our understanding of youth music subcultures beyond youth. No future? Of course there is!" - Times Higher Education

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: A Life-Changing Thing I Contextualizing Popular Music and Aging 1 Popular Music and the Aging Audience 2 Individual and Collective Lifestyles of Aging Popular Music Audiences II Case Studies 3 Toning Down the Mohawk: Music, Style, and Aging 4 Career Opportunities: Work, Leisure, and the Aging Popular Music Fan 5 "This Is 'Dad House'": Continuity and Conflict among Multigenerational Music Audiences 6 Still "Changing the World"? Music, Aging, and Politics Conclusion: Too Old to Rock and Roll? Appendix: A Note on Methodology Bibliography Index

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