[ANPPOM-Lista] Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism

[Carlos Palombini]

Writing the RecordThe Village Voice and the Birth of Rock CriticismExamines
the intellectual contributions and lasting impact of pioneering rock
criticsDevon
Powers

During the mid-1960s, a small group of young journalists made it their
mission to write about popular music, especially rock, as something worthy
of serious intellectual scrutiny. Their efforts not only transformed the
perspective on the era’s music but revolutionized how Americans have come
to think, talk, and write about popular music ever since.

In* Writing the Record*, Devon Powers explores this shift by focusing on *The
Village Voice*, a key publication in the rise of rock criticism. Revisiting
the work of early pop critics such as Richard Goldstein and Robert
Christgau, Powers shows how they stood at the front lines of the mass
culture debates, challenging old assumptions and hierarchies and offering
pioneering political and social critiques of the music. Part of a
college-educated generation of journalists, *Voice* critics explored
connections between rock and contemporary intellectual trends such as
postmodernism, identity politics, and critical theory. In so doing, they
became important forerunners of the academic study of popular culture that
would emerge during the 1970s.

Drawing on archival materials, interviews, and insights from media and
cultural studies, Powers not only narrates a story that has been long
overlooked but also argues that pop music criticism has been an important
channel for the expression of public intellectualism. This is a history
that is particularly relevant today, given the challenges faced by
criticism of all stripes in our current media environment. Powers makes the
case for the value of well-informed cultural criticism in an age when it is
often suggested that “everyone is a critic.”

http://www.umass.edu/umpress/title/writing-record

carlos palombini
ufmg.academia.edu/CarlosPalombini<http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-7345-2011>
-------------- Próxima Parte ----------
Um anexo em HTML foi limpo...
URL: <http://www.listas.unicamp.br/pipermail/anppom-l/attachments/20130405/ee029354/attachment.html>