Bøger af Sheila Whiteley

'Counterculture' emerged as a term in the late 1960s and has been re-deployed in more recent decades in relation to other forms of cultural and socio-political phenomena. This volume provides an essential new academic scrutiny of the concept of 'counterculture' and a critical examination of the period and its heritage.

Investigates how age and gender have shaped the careers and images of pop music stars, examining the role of youth and youthfulness in pop music through a series of themed case studies.

A study of sixties and seventies popular music and its related counter-culture. Whiteley illuminates her theories with analysis of key recordings by artists such as The Rolling Stones, Cream and Jimi Hendrix.

From Janis Joplin to P.J. Harvey, Women and Popular Music explores the changing role of women musicians and the ways in which their songs resonate in popular culture.