All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America (Unabridged) All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America (Unabridged)

All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 19,99 €

    • 19,99 €

Description de l’éditeur

The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy - one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat" - but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify?

As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it - in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race.

For instance, the birth of rock coincided with the Civil Rights movement and brought "race music" into many white homes for the first time. Elvis freely credited blacks with originating the music he sang and some of the great early rockers were African American, most notably, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. In addition, rock celebrated romance and sex, rattled the reticent by pushing sexuality into the public arena, and mocked deferred gratification and the obsession with work of men in gray flannel suits. And it delighted in the separate world of the teenager and deepened the divide between the generations, helping teenagers differentiate themselves from others.

Altschuler includes vivid biographical sketches of the great rock 'n rollers, including Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly - plus their white-bread doppelgangers such as Pat Boone.

Rock 'n roll seemed to be everywhere during the decade, exhilarating, influential, and an outrage to those Americans intent on wishing away all forms of dissent and conflict. As vibrant as the music itself, All Shook Up reveals how rock 'n roll challenged and changed American culture and laid the foundation for the social upheaval of the sixties.

The “Pivotal Moments in American History” series seeks to unite the old and the new history, combining the insights and techniques of recent historiography with the power of traditional narrative. Each title has a strong narrative arc with drama, irony, suspense, and – most importantly – great characters who embody the human dimension of historical events. The general editors of “Pivotal Moments” are not just historians; they are popular writers themselves, and, in two cases, Pulitzer Prize winners: David Hackett Fischer, James M. McPherson, and David Greenberg. We hope you like your American History served up with verve, wit, and an eye for the telling detail!

GENRE
Essais et sciences humaines
NARRATION
JG
Jack Garrett
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
DURÉE
09:21
h min
SORTIE
2011
15 mars
ÉDITIONS
Audible Studios
PRÉSENTÉ PAR
Audible.fr
TAILLE
432,6
Mo

Les utilisateurs ont aussi acheté

The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Unabridged) The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Unabridged)
2018
Mockingjay Mockingjay
2010
Catching Fire Catching Fire
2009
The Hunger Games The Hunger Games
2008
The Secret (Unabridged) The Secret (Unabridged)
2006
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Unabridged) Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Unabridged)
2018