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.
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;
