{"product_id":"teenage-nervous-breakdown-music-and-politics-in-the-postelvis-era-9780415978569","title":"Teenage Nervous Breakdown Music and Politics in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePost-Elvis Era \u003c\/em\u003ecombines music and cultural history and criticism to examine how rock and the rock lifestyle have been merchandised first to a teenage audience and eventually to a worldwide consumer society. Well-known, iconoclastic writer\/ critic David Walley examines the entire rock culture and how it has infused all aspects of American (and world) life, from entertainment to politics to academic education. In a series of what he describes as word-jazz rock and roll improvisations and variations, Walley examines how adult culture has been adolescent-ized and what the ramifications are on our society.\u003cbr\u003eWalley is not an uninvolved observer-his personal story and opinions are right up front, where they belong. Famous for being the first writer to recognize the commercial genius of \u003cem\u003eFrank Zapp\u003c\/em\u003ea (in the landmark book, \u003cem\u003eNo Commercial Potential\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1972 and still in print today), Walley i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the first Edition, Preface to the Second Edition 1 This, Here, Soon 2 Who Stole the Bomp (from the Bomp Sha Bomp)? 3 BIame It on the Sixties 4 Boxers or Briefs? Music Politics in the Post-EIvis Aqe 5 Play School: You Can Dress for 11, but You Can't Escape It 6  The Twinkie Defense 7 Breakdown Bad Day at Internet 8 ASRin~ Alice: Fightin~ for the Right to Party 9 Don't Touch Me There: Whatever Happened to Foreplay? 10 White Punks on Dope: Why CamilIe PagIia 15 Academe's Answer to Betty Page","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402163233111,"sku":"9780415978569","price":97.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teenage-nervous-breakdown-music-and-politics-in-the-postelvis-era-9780415978569","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}