1st Edition
The Rock Canon Canonical Values in the Reception of Rock Albums
By Carys Wyn Jones
Copyright 2008
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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Canons are central to our understanding of our culture, and yet in the last thirty years there has been much conflict and uncertainty created by the idea of the canon. In essence, the canon comprises the works and artists that are widely accepted to be the greatest in their field. Yet such an apparently simple construct embodies a complicated web of values and mechanisms. Canons are also... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Defining the canon; Aesthetic criteria and the work of art in the reception of rock albums; Canonical narratives, structure and the test of time in the reception of rock albums; The canonical values of rock; Canonical discourse and the question of authority in rock; The rock canon and the future of canons in our culture; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
CarysWyn Jones
'... the role of canons within popular music is certainly worth exploring further and this book surely provides some incentives'. International Association for the Study of Popular Music ’Carys Wyn Jones succeeds in bringing debates over a rock canon and its making into popular music studies. Insofar as canon formation remains an understudied and undertheorised issue within the field, this is a welcome addition.’ Popular Music ’The Rock Canon should prove useful both for courses limited to popular music, and for courses in musicology that aim to take a broad or long view; it is also a subject of intrinsic and general interest.’ Music and Letters
