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Author Redhead, Steve, 1952- author.

Title The end-of-the-century party : youth, pop and the rise of Madchester / Steve Redhead.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
©1990

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Description 1 online resource (lxxxvi, 160 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Madchester may have been born at the Hacienda in the summer of 1988, but the city had been in creative ferment for almost a decade prior to the rise of acid house. The end-of-the-century party is the definitive account of a generational shift in popular music and youth culture, what it meant and what it led to. First published right after the Second Summer of Love, it tells the story of the transition from new pop to the political pop of the mid-1980s and its deviant offspring, post-political pop. Resisting contemporary proclamations about the end of youth culture and the rise of a new, right-leaning conformism, the book draws on interviews with DJs, record company bosses, musicians, producers and fans to outline a clear transition in pop thinking, a move from an obsession with style, packaging and synthetic sounds to content, socially conscious lyrics and a new authenticity. This edition is framed by a prologue by Tara Brabazon, asking how we can reclaim the spirit, energy and authenticity of Madchester for a post-youth, post-pop generation. It is illustrated with iconic photographs by Kevin Cummins."
Note Print version record.
Contents Memories of the future -- prologue by Tara Brabazon; From my generation to regeneration: a 'post'-script; 1 Counter-cultures: the cultural politics of pop; 2 It all comes round again? post-subcultural pop; 3 Soundtracks from the global hypermarket: post-pop politics; 4 One nation under a hoof: whatever happened to the new bohemia?; 5 Don't go back to rockville: post-political pop; The absolute non-end
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection (North America)
Subject Popular music -- 1981-1990 -- History and criticism.
Popular music -- Social aspects.
Popular music -- England -- Manchester -- History and criticism.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Dance.
Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
Popular music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01071460
England -- Manchester. (OCoLC)fst01212972
Chronological Term 1981-1990
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form: Print version: Redhead, Steve, 1952- End-of-the-century party. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019 1526142759 (OCoLC)1083618062
ISBN 9781526154361 (electronic book)
1526154366 (electronic book)
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