Working for the clampdown (eBook, ePUB)

The Clash, the dawn of neoliberalism and the political promise of punk
Redaktion: Coulter, Colin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music. The essays collated here locate The Clash in their own explosive cultural moment of punk's year zero and examine how the group speaks from beyond the grave to the uncanny parallels of other moments of social and political crisis. In addition, the collection considers the impact of the band in a range of different geopolitical contexts, with various contributors exploring what the band meant in settings as diverse as Italy, England, Northern Ireland, Australia and the United States. The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526114235
• Artikelnr.: 57473538

Autorenporträt

Colin Coulter is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Maynooth University, Ireland

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors Working for the clampdown: an introduction Colin
Coulter PART I: No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones: The Clash, the
politics of pop and the neoliberal conjuncture 1 The Clash, revolution and
reverse Jason Toynbee 2 The Clash and musical artistry: against the
corporate voice Caroline Coon 3 'Up in Heaven (not only here)': The Clash,
left melancholia and the politics of redemption Colin Coulter PART II: Back
in the garage with my bullshit detector: The Clash and the Cultural
Politics of Punk 4 'Are you going backwards, Or are you going forwards?' -
England past and England future in 1970s punk Ruth Adams 5 Retrieving the
messianic promise of punk: The Clash in 1977 Kieran Cashell 6 What if Keith
Levene had never left The Clash? Punk and the politics of novelty Pete Dale
7 'The beautiful people are ugly too': The Clash as my 'true fiction'
Martin James PART III: 'It could be anywhere, Most likely could be any
frontier, Any hemisphere': The Clash around the world 8 'Up and down the
Westway' or 'live by the river'? Britishness, Englishness, London and The
Clash Conrad Brunström 9 'Cashing in the bill of rights'? The Clash in New
York, in myth and reality Harry Browne 10 The one struggle: The Clash, Gary
Foley, Punk politics and Indigenous Australian activism Alessandro
Moliterno 11 Brigade Rosse: The Clash, Bologna and Italian punx Giacomo
Bottà and Ferruccio Quercetti