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Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970–2000

“Those are the New Saints”

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Authors:
  1. Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr.

    1. Chapman University, Orange, USA

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  2. Daniel Robert McClure

    1. University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, La Crosse, USA

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  • Uses popular music in the United States and United Kingdom in the years between 1970 and 2000 as the entrepôt to historical theory, and examines the history of popular music through alternative, or non-mainstream artists
  • Fills a pedagogical gap for instructors teaching courses on historical theory and methodologies
  • Presents historical theory and methodologies in an accessible manner, but also models the applicability of such approaches
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Part of the book series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity (PMCI)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The Process and Pedagogy of Historical Theory

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 1-23

  3. “400 Years”: Modernity, The Longue Durée, and Jamaican Music

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 25-58

  4. “This Charming Man”: Queer and Alternative Masculinities, 1970–1994

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 59-86

  5. “Will the Wolf Survive?”: Punk Rock and Chicana/o Identity in Los Angeles

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 87-110

  6. A Perfect New Loop: Hip-Hop, Deindustrialization, and the Post-Civil Rights Era, 1973–2000

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 111-140

  7. “The Pride of History”: Post-punk and the Aesthetics of Post-modernity

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 141-170

  8. Waveless: MTV and the “Quiet” Feminism of the 1980s

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 171-198

  9. Hiraeth: The Celtic Moment in 1980s Alternative Rock

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 199-225

  10. “Feels Blind”: Counter-Hegemony in Alternative Rock During the Reagan/Thatcher Era

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 227-258

  11. “No Depression”: The Nostalgia and Authenticity of Alternative Country

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 259-290

  12. Conclusion

    • Kenneth L. Shonk, Daniel Robert McClure
    Pages 291-294

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 295-311
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chapman University, Orange, USA

    Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr.

  • University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, La Crosse, USA

    Daniel Robert McClure

About the authors

Daniel Robert McClure is Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Irvine, Chapman University, and California State University, Fullerton.

Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr. is Assistant Professor of World History and Social Studies Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970–2000

  • Book Subtitle: “Those are the New Saints”

  • Authors: Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr., Daniel Robert McClure

  • Series Title: Pop Music, Culture and Identity

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57072-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57071-0Published: 05 September 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57072-7Published: 17 August 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6613

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6621

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 311

  • Topics: Cultural Theory, Music, Popular Culture

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