I Wanna Be Me by Theodore Gracyk

I Wanna Be Me by Theodore Gracyk

As someone who feels the emotional power of rock and who writes about it as an art form, Theodore Gracyk has been praised for launching arguments destined to change the future of rock and roll. In I Wanna Be Me, his second book about the music he cares so much about, Gracyk grapples with the ways that rock shapes - limits and expands - our notions of who we can be in the world.

"I Wanna Be Me is a fine book that grapples with a number of contemporary debates about the cultural significance of rock music, as well as broader issues of interpretation of texts and artworksIt challenges some of the influential but extreme views that have dominated discussions of political identity in connection with art. Not everyone will agree with Gracyk at every stage. He is more comfortable with the mass art character of rock than are many culture critics. I applaud the book for taking strong, but considered stances on issues of interest within a number of fields." -Kathleen Higgins, Professor ofPhilosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, and author of The Music of Our Lives "With his knowledgeable and well-presented arguments, he challenges readers to reconsider the stereotypes that many modern titans of cultural studies have slapped on rock music... To its great credit, this book also convincingly counters the charges of Timothy Taylor (among others) that Paul Simon's use of South African music and musicians in creating his lauded Graceland is blatant neocolonialist cultural exploitation... This book belongs on the shelf of almost every academic library and will also be an outstanding asset to either popular music or cultural studies collections." -Library Journal "Theodore Gracyk brilliantly examines Rock as mass art and how it affects us by helping to mold our personal identities... [a]n excellent discourse on the subject. It is essential for anyone who cares about what they take in and what they take to heart as their own. A thoughtful and thought provoking read which is refreshing in the face of others on the subject which concentrate on the negative connotations of the music." -Rapport

Theodore Gracyk is Professor of Philosophy at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and the author of Rhythm and Noise: An Aesthetics of Rock.

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ISBN 13	9781566399036
ISBN 10	1566399033
Title	I Wanna Be Me
Author	Theodore Gracyk
Series	Sound Matters
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Temple University Press,U.S.
Year published	2001-10-29
Number of pages	328
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