{"product_id":"what-is-post-punk-genre-and-identity-in-avant-garde-popular-music-1977-82-paperback","title":"What Is Post-Punk?: Genre and Identity in Avant-Garde Popular Music, 1977-82 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMimi Haddon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular music in the US and UK during the late 1970s and early 1980s was wildly eclectic and experimental. \"Post-punk,\" as it was retroactively labeled, could include electro-pop melodies, distorted guitars, avant-garde industrial sounds, and reggae beats, and thus is not an easily definable musical category.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Is Post-Punk?\u003c\/i\u003e combines a close reading of the late-1970s music press discourse with musical analyses and theories of identity to unpack post-punk's status as a genre. Mimi Haddon traces the discursive foundations of post-punk across publications such as \u003ci\u003eSounds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZigZag\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMelody Maker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e NME\u003c\/i\u003e, and presents case studies of bands including Wire, PiL, Joy Division, the Raincoats, and Pere Ubu. By positioning post-punk in relation to genres such as punk, new wave, dub, and disco, Haddon explores the boundaries of post-punk, and reveals it as a community of tastes and predilections rather than a stylistically unified whole. Haddon diversifies the discourse around post-punk, exploring both its gender and racial dynamics and its proto-industrial aesthetics to restore the historical complexity surrounding the genre's terms and origins.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMimi Haddon\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Music in the School of Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754092822816,"sku":"9780472039210","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85095c06522efc3fed19f20acda80008.webp?v=1780033248","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-is-post-punk-genre-and-identity-in-avant-garde-popular-music-1977-82-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}