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Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the U.S.A, Updated Edition, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2014

  • Reebee Garofalo University of Massachusetts at Boston
  • Steven Waksman
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Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Issues
1. Constructing Tin Pan Alley: From Minstrelsy to Mass Culture
2. Blues, Jazz, and Country: The Segregation of Popular Music
3. "Good Rockin' Tonight": The Rise of Rhythm and Blues
4. Crossing Cultures: The Eruption of Rock ‘n' Roll
5. The Empire Strikes Back: The Reaction to Rock ‘n' Roll
6. Popular Music and Political Culture: The Sixties
7. Music Versus Markets: The Fragmentation of Pop
8. Punk and Disco: The Poles of Pop
9. Are We the World?: Music Videos, Superstars, and Mega-Events
10. Rap and Metal: The Voices of Youth Culture
11. Repackaging Pop: The Changing Mainstream
12. Changing Channels: Music and Media in the New Millennium

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