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Performing Class in British Popular Music

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Nathan Wiseman-Trowse

    1. University of Northampton, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: A Class Act

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 1-9

  3. Class and Popular Music Theory

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 10-31

  4. The Problem of Authenticity

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 32-61

  5. Performing Class

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 62-87

  6. The Folk Voice

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 88-105

  7. Folk Revival and Folk Rock

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 106-124

  8. Punk and Hardcore

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 125-145

  9. Dream Pop and Madchester

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 146-167

  10. Conclusion – A Different Class

    • Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
    Pages 168-173

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 174-208
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About this book

This new study of British popular music shows how it engages with class in mythical ways that allow audiences to perform class-based identities. Case studies on folk rock, punk and indie rock show how this performance works and explore the implications for listeners and audiences.

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'It is when Wiseman-Trowse applies the oft-discussed discourses of class and authenticity to performative theory that popular music studies is taken into rarely charted waters. Here he uses Judith Butler's analysis of sexuality, gender and desire as a model through which to argue that subjectivity becomes related to performance as well as the discourses that surround it... incisive and compelling' - Martin James, Times Higher Education

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Northampton, UK

    Nathan Wiseman-Trowse

About the author

NATHAN WISEMAN-TROWSE is Senior Lecturer in Popular Culture and Course Leader for the BA in Popular Music at the University of Northampton, UK, as well as being an Executive Board member for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, UK and Ireland branch.

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