Adult Responses to Popular Music and Intergenerational Relati... - 9781783089000

Adult Responses to Popular Music and Intergenerational Relations in Britain, c. 19551975Author(s): Gillian A. M. Mitchell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Anthem Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Anthem Press\nISBN-13: 9781783089000, 978-1783089000\nSynopsis\nAdult Reactions to Popular Music and Inter-generational Relations in Britain, [tel] challenges stereotypes concerning a post-war generation gap, exacerbated by rebellion-inducing popular music styles, by demonstrating the considerable variety which frequently characterized adult responses to the music, whilst also highlighting that the impact of the music on inter-generational relations was more complex than is often assumed. [NP] Utilizing extensive primary evidence, from first-person accounts to newspapers, television programmes, surveys and archive collections, the book adopts a thematic approach, identifying three key arenas of British society in which adult responses to popular music, and the impact of such reactions upon relati.