Rock Music in Performance / Edition 1

by D. Pattie

Overview

In this new study, David Pattie examines the apparent contradiction between authenticity and theatricality in the live performance of rock music, and looks at the way in which various performers have dealt with this paradox from rock music's early development in the 1960s up to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403947468
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/23/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

DAVID PATTIE is Reader in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Chester, UK. He is the author of The Complete Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett (2001), and has published widely on contemporary performance, popular culture, and popular music.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART 1: PERFORMANCE AND THE PRACTICE OF AUTHENTICITY 4:Real: Performance and Authenticity Performance and Mediation: Performance, Space and Technology Performance, Gender and Rock Music PART 2: PERFORMANCE, AUTHENTICITY AND HISTORY The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 21st Century Bibliography DVD List Video List Websites Index

Editorial Reviews

'Rock Music in Performance is an engaging and thought-provoking book that should appeal to scholars in a number of disciplines. David Pattie shows careful consideration of popular music theory and a clear command of much popular music history.' - Timothy J. Dowd, Boekman

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