Elvis Costello and Thatcherism : a psycho-social exploration / by David Pilgrim and Richard Ormrod.

By:

Pilgrim, David, 1950-

Contributor(s):

Ormrod, Richard, 1973-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Ashgate popular and folk music seriesPublication details: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (210 pages) : musicContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781409449638
1409449637
1299822185
9781299822184
1409449629
9781409449621
1409472086
9781409472087

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elvis Costello and Thatcherism.DDC classification:

306.48426 22

LOC classification:

ML420.C685 P56 2013

Online resources:

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Music Examples; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Thatcher and Costello: Setting the Scene; 2 Interpreting Costello's Early Music; 3 Nostalgia Denied; 4 Race and Nation; 5 The Special Relationship with the USA; 6 The Post-Feminist Context; 7 The Music Industry; 8 Costello and Postmodernism; 9 Macbeth at the Foam Party; References; Index.

Summary: The emergence of Thatcherism around 1980, which ushered in a period of neo-liberalism in British politics that still resonates today, led musicians, like other artists, to respond to their context of production. This book uses the early work of one of these musicians, Elvis Costello, to explore the relationship between popular music and politics in one historical period. Throughout the book examples are provided of Costello's songs and how they work musically to illustrate or stimulate the contextual discussion. The book will be of significant interest to musicologists, sociologists and social.

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The emergence of Thatcherism around 1980, which ushered in a period of neo-liberalism in British politics that still resonates today, led musicians, like other artists, to respond to their context of production. This book uses the early work of one of these musicians, Elvis Costello, to explore the relationship between popular music and politics in one historical period. Throughout the book examples are provided of Costello's songs and how they work musically to illustrate or stimulate the contextual discussion. The book will be of significant interest to musicologists, sociologists and social.