Performing Class in British Popular Music by N Wiseman-Trowse

Performing Class in British Popular Music by N Wiseman-Trowse

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.

'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 watersHere 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

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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ISBN 13	9781349304950
ISBN 10	1349304956
Title	Performing Class in British Popular Music
Author	N Wiseman-Trowse
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	2008-01-01
Number of pages	208
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.