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Rockin' Out: Popular Music in The U.S.A., 4/E
Reebee Garofalo, University of Massachusetts at Boston

ISBN-10: 0132343053
ISBN-13:  9780132343053

Publisher:  Pearson
Copyright:  2008
Format:  Paper; 608 pp
Published:  02/12/2007


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For one semester/quarter undergraduate courses in the History of Rock, History of Popular Music, American Popular Music, and American Popular Song.

 

Rockin' Out offers a comprehensive social history of popular music in the United States that takes the reader from the invention of the phonograph to the promise of the Internet, from the heyday of Tin Pan Alley to the present day sounds of singer-songwriters, pop country crossovers, rock, and contemporary hip hop. It offers an analysis and critique of the music itself as well as how it is produced and marketed, including such recent phenomena as the rise of television idols, the introduction of reggaeton, and the return of protest music. 

 

Accessibly written, this text is organized chronologically and thematically around particular genres/styles of music and addresses such dimensions as race, class, gender, ethnicity, technology, copyright and the structure of the music industry as they affect the development of the music.


Features

Hallmark Features

 

  • Three chapters devoted to the pre-history of rock and roll provide students with historical context. These three chapters cover topics, including the musical influences, technological advances, and industry developments.
  • Updated song index provides students with a useful study tool.
  • Cross-cultural and multi-cultural discussions of seemingly opposite genres (e.g., Blues and country, disco and punk) provides students with useful and seldom made comparisons among genres and styles.
  • Coverage of race and gender issues allow students to explore important dividing lines.
  • Coverage of technology's impact on the music scene shows students how technology shapes production and consumption of popular music.
  • Music's political context and the power of consumer preferences are explored, showing students that music fans are an important social force.

 

Media & Technology

  • Two iTunes Playlists for this book are available (you must have iTunes installed on your computer for these links to work):

1.      iTunes Playlist for Rockin' Out

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=267179068&s=143441

2.      iTunes Playlist- Further Recommended Listening

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=267179187&s=143441


New To This Edition

  • NEW- Listening Guides take the reader through a piece of music step by step, explaining details of what is going on at specific moments. Form and structure, texture, instrumentation and musical motive are often referenced. Special moments, like surprising gesture, unexpected key changes or departure from conventional form are often drawn out.
  • NEW- Rock website including general information on the history of rock and roll and its stars, plus specific study information keyed to the book.
  • NEW- iTunes links to songs covered in the text.


Table of Contents

 

Introduction: Definitions,Themes, and Issues

 

Chapter 1 Mass Technology and Popular Taste: The Tin Pan Alley Era

 

Chapter 2 Blues and Country Music: Mass Media and the Construction of Race

 

Chapter 3 “Good Rockin’ Tonight”: The Rise of Rhythm and Blues  

 

Chapter 4 Crossing Cultures: The Eruption of Rock ’n’ Roll

 

Chapter 5 The Empire Strikes Back: The Reaction to Rock ’n’ Roll

 

Chapter 6 Popular Music and Political Culture: The Sixties

 

Chapter 7 Music Versus Markets: The Fragmentation of Pop

 

Chapter 8 Punk and Disco: The Poles of Pop

 

Chapter 9 Music Videos, Superstars, and Mega-Events: The Eighties

 

Chapter 10 Rap and Metal: Youth Culture and Censorship

 

Chapter 11 Mainstreaming Alternatives: Packaging Pop in the Nineties and Beyond

 

Chapter 12 Welcome to the Terrordome: Music and Copyright in (a Time of) Crisis

 

Chapter 13 Getting Back to Business: Popular Music in the New Millennium


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  • Rockin Out: Popular Music in the U.S.A., 5/E
    Garofalo
    ©2011  |  Pearson  |  Paper; 552 pp  |  Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205763782  |  ISBN-13: 9780205763788
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Companion Website for Rockin' Out: Popular Music in The U.S.A., 4/E
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Garofalo
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ISBN-10: 013234274X  |  ISBN-13: 9780132342742
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