The MC5 and Social Change
A Study in Rock and Revolution
Mathew J.
Bartkowiak
ISBN
978-0-7864-4037-5
8 photos, notes, bibliography, index
209pp.
softcover
2009
Available for immediate shipment
Description
The MC5’s 1969 live album Kick Out the Jams was a new measure of the relationship between music and cultural and political change. As the “house band” and central organizing force for the White Panther Party, which advocated an end to capitalism and supported the Black Panther Party’s initiatives and aims, the MC5 formalized the threat, promise, and parity of music within larger societal spheres. Using the band’s career as a case study in evaluating the relationship between rock music and social change, this book examines how the inherent rebelliousness of rock afforded both media producers and consumers a safe space in which to question social mores and ideas.
About the Author
Mathew J. Bartkowiak is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Marshfield–Wood County. His research interests include popular culture studies, music, social change and development, and the counterculture. His work can be found in such publications as The Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal for the Study of Radicalism.
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