Britpop and the English Music TraditionAndy Bennett, Jon Stratton This text examines issues such as the historical antecedents of Britpop, the subjectivities governing the performative conventions of Britpop, the cultural context within which Britpop unfolded, and its influence on the post-Britpop music scene in the UK. |
Contents
Music Hall and the Commercialization of English Popular Music | 11 |
Skiffle Variety and Englishness | 27 |
Englishing Popular Music in the 1960s | 41 |
The Gendered History of Britpop | 57 |
Britpop Traces 19701980 | 71 |
Labouring the Point? The Politics of Britpop in New Britain | 89 |
The Britpop Sound | 103 |
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