The Triumph of Vulgarity. Rock Music in the Mirror of Romanticism

Robert Pattison's new book discusses Romanticism, and the cross-currents between it and popular culture, using rock music as the main example. He shows that popular culture is not merely a continuation of folk culture or a spontaneous creation of the alienated masses, but a mirror-image of main-stream cultural doctrines.

CONTENIDO:

1. The triumph of vulgarity
- Rock and Romantic Pantheism
2. I Am White, but O, My Soul is Black
- The origins of Rock in the Romantic Primitive
3. Dreams of Elysian
- Blues, Folk, and Rock Pantheism
4. I Formulate Infinity
- Feeling, Self, and Growth in Rock's Forever Now
5. The Road of Vulgar Excess
- Conventions of Rock Selfhood
6. The Zombie Birdhouse and the Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle
- Rock and the World
7. Man and God at Rock'n'Roll High School
- Popular Culture and Its Critics
8. De la Musique Avant Toute Chose
- A Rock Aesthetic
Notes
Bibliography
Index