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Performing Class in British Popular Music

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Performing Class in British Popular Music

Nathan Wiseman-Trowse

Palgrave Macmillan, November 2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-21949-6, ISBN10: 0-230-21949-7
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 216 pages, 8

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This new study of British popular music shows how it engages with class in mythical ways that allow audiences to perform class-based identities. Case studies on folk rock, punk and indie rock show how this performance works and explore the implications for listeners and audiences.

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Nathan Wiseman-Trowse

NATHAN WISEMAN-TROWSE is Senior Lecturer in Popular Culture and Course Leader for the BA in Popular Music at the University of Northampton, UK, as well as being an Executive Board member for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, UK and Ireland branch.

Introduction: A Class Act
Class and Popular Music Theory
The Problem of Authenticity
Performing Class
The Folk Voice
Folk Revival and Folk Rock
Punk and Hardcore
Dream Pop and Madchester
Conclusion: A Different Class
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
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