Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970–2000: “Those are the New Saints”

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This book examines the post-1960s era of popular music in the Anglo-Black Atlantic through the prism of historical theory and methods. By using a series of case studies, this book mobilizes historical theory and methods to underline different expressions of alternative music functioning within a mainstream musical industry. Each chapter highlights a particular theory or method while simultaneously weaving it through a genre of music expressing a notion of alternativity—an explicit positioning of one’s expression outside and counter to the mainstream. Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music seeks to fill a gap in current scholarship by offering a collection written specifically for the pedagogical and theoretical needs of those interested in the topic. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction: The Process and Pedagogy of Historical Theory (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 1-23 “400 Years”: Modernity, The Longue Durée, and Jamaican Music (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 25-58 “This Charming Man”: Queer and Alternative Masculinities, 1970–1994 (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 59-86 “Will the Wolf Survive?”: Punk Rock and Chicana/o Identity in Los Angeles (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 87-110 A Perfect New Loop: Hip-Hop, Deindustrialization, and the Post-Civil Rights Era, 1973–2000 (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 111-140 “The Pride of History”: Post-punk and the Aesthetics of Post-modernity (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 141-170 Waveless: MTV and the “Quiet” Feminism of the 1980s (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 171-198 Hiraeth: The Celtic Moment in 1980s Alternative Rock (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 199-225 “Feels Blind”: Counter-Hegemony in Alternative Rock During the Reagan/Thatcher Era (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 227-258 “No Depression”: The Nostalgia and Authenticity of Alternative Country (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 259-290 Conclusion (Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure)....Pages 291-294 Back Matter ....Pages 295-311