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Book SynopsisRocking in the Free World explains how Americans came to believe they had learned the truth about rock 'n' roll, a truth shaped by the Cold War anxieties of the Fifties, the countercultural revolutions (and counter-revolutions) of the Sixties and Seventies, and the end-of-history triumphalism of the Eighties.
Trade ReviewRocking in the Free World invites the reader to re-assess the mythical stories we tell about rock 'n' roll, freedom, and rebellion-and to see more accurately rock's artistic, social, and political impacts. Warmly recommended. * Danielle Fosler-Lussier, author of Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Prologue: Popular Music as Political Theory 1 How Rock 'n' Roll Invented the Teenager 2 How Americans Rocked Cairo (and London, and Moscow, and Tehran, and ...) 3 How Trash Became Art 4 How the Rock Counterculture Dug Deeper 5 How Songwriters Revealed Our Inner Truth 6 How Rock Got Real Again 7 How We Taught the World to Sing Epilogue: Rocking in the Free World References Index
