{"product_id":"rock-criticism-from-the-beginning-9780820474908","title":"Rock Criticism from the Beginning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRock Criticism from the Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging exploration of the rise and development of rock criticism in Britain and the United States from the 1960s to the present. It chronicles the evolution of a new form of journalism, and the course by which writing on rock was transformed into a respected field of cultural production. The authors explore the establishment of magazines from \u003ci\u003eCrawdaddy!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e, and from \u003ci\u003eMelody Maker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Musical Express\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, while investigating the careers of well-known music critics like Robert Christgau, Greil Marcus, and Lester Bangs in the U.S., and Nik Cohn, Paul Morley, and Jon Savage in the U.K., to name just a few. While much has been written on the history of rock, this Bourdieu-inspired book is the first to offer a look at the coming of age of rock journalism, and the critics that opened up a whole new kind of discourse on popular music.","brand":"Peter Lang Group AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038633984343,"sku":"9780820474908","price":26.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780820474908.jpg?v=1750940885","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rock-criticism-from-the-beginning-9780820474908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}