The Triumph of Vulgarity: Rock Music in the Mirror of Romanticism 0195038762, 9780195038767

The Triumph of Vulgarity in a thinker's guide to rock 'n' roll. Rock music mirrors the tradition of ninet

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS......Page 14
CHAPTER ONE: The Triumph of Vulgarity: Rock and Romantic Pantheism......Page 18
CHAPTER TWO: I Am White, but O, My Soul Is Black: The Origins of Rock in the Romantic Primitive......Page 45
CHAPTER THREE: Dreams of Elysian: Blues, Folk, and Rock Pantheism......Page 71
CHAPTER FOUR: I Formulate Infinity: Feeling, Self, and Growth in Rock's Forever Now......Page 102
CHAPTER FIVE: The Road of Vulgar Excess: Conventions of Rock Selfhood......Page 126
CHAPTER SIX: The Zombie Birdhouse and the Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle: Rock and the World......Page 153
CHAPTER SEVEN: Man and God at Rock 'n Roll High School: Popular Culture and Its Critics......Page 187
CHAPTER EIGHT: De la Musique Avant Toute Chose: A Rock Aesthetic......Page 211
NOTES......Page 236
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 262
A......Page 282
B......Page 283
C......Page 285
D......Page 286
E......Page 287
G......Page 288
H......Page 289
J......Page 290
L......Page 291
M......Page 292
N......Page 293
P......Page 294
R......Page 296
S......Page 299
T......Page 300
V......Page 301
W......Page 302
Z......Page 303

The Triumph of Vulgarity: Rock Music in the Mirror of Romanticism
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