Full Description
In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music.
Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: A Life-Changing Thing I Contextualizing Popular Music and Aging 1 Popular Music and the Aging Audience 2 Individual and Collective Lifestyles of Aging Popular Music Audiences II Case Studies 3 Toning Down the Mohawk: Music, Style, and Aging 4 Career Opportunities: Work, Leisure, and the Aging Popular Music Fan 5 "This Is 'Dad House'": Continuity and Conflict among Multigenerational Music Audiences 6 Still "Changing the World"? Music, Aging, and Politics Conclusion: Too Old to Rock and Roll? Appendix: A Note on Methodology Bibliography Index