CiNii Books - We gotta get out of this place : popular conservatism and postmodern culture

Consider this paradox - for many people, rock is dead, crushed by the weight of its own success and popularity, little more than a voice of mainstream commercial entertainment. But for many others, especially among the new conservative Right, rock poses a greater threat now than ever before. What is it about rock that makes it so important in contemporary political struggles? Bringing together cultural, political and economic analyses, Lawrence Grossberg offers an interpretation of the contemporary politics of both rock and popular culture. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" explores four histories: the changing role of rock in everyday life; the emergence of an affective and popular conservatism; the crisis of contemporary capitalism; and the apparent inability of the Left to respond to these changes. These critical developments are bound together by their concern with postmodernity, understood as both a structure of everyday life and as a sensibility of popular culture. Everyone wants to get out of this place, but only the Right seems to have found a way to benefit from where we are. Bringing together cultural, political and economic analyses, Grossberg offers an interpretation of the contemporary politics of both rock and popular culture.

Volume: : pbk ISBN 9780415903301

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Bringing together cultural, political and economic analyses, Lawrence Grossberg offers an original and bold interpretation of the contemporary politics of both rock and popular culture.

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Introduction: Theory, Politics and Passion
Part 1 Cultural Studies Theory, Power and the Popular
Chapter 1 Articulation and Culture
Chapter 2 Mapping Popular Culture
Chapter 3 Power and Daily Life
Chapter 4 Articulation and Agency
Part 2 Another Boring Day in ... Paradise: A Rock Formation
Chapter 5 Rock Cultures and Rock Formations
Chapter 6 Rock, the Liberal Consensus and Everyday Life
Chapter 7 Rock and Youth
Chapter 8 Rock, Postmodernity and Authenticity
Part 3 "Where the Streets have no Name": Hegemony and Territorialization
Chapter 9 Nation, Hegemony and Culture
Chapter 10 Hegemony and the Postmodern Frontier
Chapter 11 Ideology and Affective Epidemics
Chapter 12 The Disciplined Mobilization of Everyday Life
Part 4 "Real Power Doesn't Make Any Noise": Capitalism and the Left
Chapter 13 Life During Wartime
Chapter 14 "If You're Sailing on the Titanic, Go First Class": The Struggle Over Capitalism
Chapter 15 "You Can't Always Get What You Want": The Struggle Over the Left

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