Format:
xi, 289 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781350034389
Content:
"A Social History of Early Rock 'n' Roll in Germany explores the people and spaces of St. Pauli's rock'n'roll scene in the 1960s. Starting in 1960, young British rockers were hired to entertain tourists in Hamburg's red-light district around the Reeperbahn in the area of St. Pauli. German youths quickly joined in to experience the forbidden thrill of rock'n'roll, and used African American sounds to distance themselves from the old Nazi generation. In 1962 the Star Club opened and drew international attention for hosting some of the Beatles' most influential performances. In this book, Julia Sneeringer weaves together this story of youth culture with histories of sex and gender, popular culture, media, and subculture. By exploring the history of one locale in depth, Sneeringer offers a welcome contribution to the scholarly literature on space, place, sound and the city, and pays overdue attention to the impact that Hamburg had upon music and style. She is also careful to place performers such as The Beatles back into the social, spatial, and musical contexts that shaped them and their generation. This book reveals that transnational encounters between musicians, fans, entrepreneurs and businessmen in St. Pauli produced a musical style that provided emotional and physical liberation and challenged powerful forces of conservatism and conformity with effects that transformed the world for decades to come."--Back cover
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 249-273. - Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350034402
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350034396
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Sneeringer, Julia A social history of early Rock'n' Roll in Germany London; New York : Bloomsbury Acadamic, 2018 ISBN 9781350034419
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350034402
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350034396
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Hamburg- Sankt Pauli
;
Rockmusik
;
Jugendkultur
;
Sozialgeschichte 1956-1969
;
Deutschland
;
Popkultur
;
Rock 'n' Roll
;
Hamburg
;
Geschichte 1956-1969
URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-history-of-early-rock-n-roll-in-germany-9781350139534/
Author information:
Sneeringer, Julia
