Rockin' Out - Popular Music in the USA

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• Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Issues.
• Into the Twentieth Century: Popular Music and Mass Culture. Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth of a New Era. Marketing and the Politics of Race, Language, and Gender. Regulating Popular Music.
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  1. Mass Technology and Popular Taste: The Tin Pan Alley Era.
• Sound Recording: From the Cylinder to the Disc. Tin Pan Alley Constructs the Mainstream Tradition. Commercial Broadcasting: A Very Private Enterprise. Hollywood Bolsters Tin Pan Alley.
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  2. Blues and Country Music: Mass Media and the Construction of Race.
• Blues and Country: More Equal Than Separate. “Race” Music: The Popular Sounds of Black America. “Hillbilly” Music: The White Working-Class Country Cousin. The Dissemination of Blues and Country: More Separate than Equal. The Long Road Back for Records.
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  3. “Good Rockin' Tonight”: The Rise of Rhythm and Blues.
• The Publishers and the Broadcasters: ASCAP vs. BMI. Enter the Deejay: The Broadcasters vs. the AFM. From Big Bands to Solo Singers. The Major Labels Reclaim Country Music. The Independents Promote Rhythm and Blues. High Fidelity/Low?Create Overhead. Television and the Suppression of FM Broadcasting. Independent Radio: Deejays in Your Face.
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  4. Crossing Cultures: The Eruption of Rock 'n' Roll.
• Cultural Diversity and the Politics of Race and Gender. Structural Changes in the Music Industry. Sounds of the Cities. Doo Wop: The Intersection of Gospel, Jazz, and Pop. Rockabilly: The Country Strain.
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  5. The Empire Strikes Back: The Reaction to Rock 'n' Roll.
• The Established Powers Fight Back. Schlock Rock: Enter the White Middle Class. The Official Attack of Rock 'n' Roll. Surf's Up!
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  6. Popular Music and Political Culture: The Sixties.
• The Civil Rights Movement and Popular Music. The British Invasion Occupies the Pop Charts. Breaking the Sounds of Silence. Against the Grain: The Counterculture.
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  7. Music vs. Markets: The Fragmentation of Pop.
• The Music Industry: A Sound Investment. Creativity and Commerce: Rock As Art. Sweeter Soul Music. Singer/Songwriters?Create, Soft Rock Solutions, and More. Women's Music: The Feminist Alternative. From Country Rock to Southern Boogie. Mad With Power: Heavy Metal. All That Glitters Doesn't Sell Gold.
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  8. Punk and Disco: The Poles of Pop.
• Punk vs. Disco. Punk: Rock as (White) Noise. Disco: The Rhythm Without The Blues.
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  9. Music Videos, Superstars, and Mega-Events: The Eighties.
• Early Music Television: They Want Their MTV. Superstars: The Road to Economic Recovery. Charity Rock and Mega-Events: Who Is the World? Technology and the New International Music Industry.
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  10. Rap and Metal: Youth Culture and Censorship.
• The Continuing History of Heavy Metal. Hip Hop, Don't Stop. Popular Music and the Politics of Censorship.
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  11. Alternative to What?
• Strange Bedfellows: Alternative and the Mainstream. Marketing Categories and Monster Contracts. Country and R&B: The Other Alternatives. Lollapalooza: Countercultural Sensibilities, Mainstream Clout.
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  Bibliography.
• Index.

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