- Paperback: 226 pages
- Publisher: Temple University Press (January 4, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1439908087
- ISBN-13: 978-1439908082
The image of the aging rock-and-roller is not just Paul McCartney and
Mick Jagger on stage in their sixties. In his timely book Music, Style,
and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on
from youth and effectively grow older with popular music. For many
aging followers of rock, punk, and other contemporary popular genres,
music is ingrained in their identities. Its meaning is highly personal
and intertwined with the individual's biographical development. Bennett
studies these fans and how they have changed over time - through
fashions, hairstyles, body modification, career paths, political
orientations, and perceptions of and by the next generation. The
significance of popular music for these fans is no longer tied
exclusively to their youth. Bennett illustrates how the music that
"mattered" to most people in their youth continues to play an important
role in their adult lives - a role that goes well beyond nostalgia.
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