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OverviewPopular music in the US and UK during the late 1970s and early 1980s was wildly eclectic and experimental. “Post-punk,” as it was retroactively labeled, could include electro-pop melodies, distorted guitars, avant-garde industrial sounds, and reggae beats, and thus is not an easily definable musical category. What Is Post-Punk? combines a close reading of the late-1970s music press discourse with musical analyses and theories of identity to unpack post-punk’s status as a genre. Mimi Haddon traces the discursive foundations of post-punk across publications such as Sounds, ZigZag, Melody Maker, the Village Voice, and the NME, and presents case studies of bands including Wire, PiL, Joy Division, the Raincoats, and Pere Ubu. By positioning post-punk in relation to genres such as punk, new wave, dub, and disco, Haddon explores the boundaries of post-punk, and reveals it as a community of tastes and predilections rather than a stylistically unified whole. Haddon diversifies the discourse around post-punk, exploring both its gender and racial dynamics and its proto-industrial aesthetics to restore the historical complexity surrounding the genre’s terms and origins. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mimi HaddonPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780472039210ISBN 10: 0472039210 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 28 February 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsA fascinating insight into a musical label that--more than 40 years on--still defies categorisation. --Record Collector--Allan Glen Record Collector Mimi Haddon's What Is Post-Punk? dismantles a deceptively simple question with care, beginning a long-overdue conversation that, as Haddon herself reveals, has already been happening online and in the music press for years. . . . Haddon's approach is academic but not prescriptive, carefully introducing a diverse set of critical frameworks that will be invaluable for future writers. --Punk Post-Punk --Claudia Lonkin Punk & Post-Punk (2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM) A fascinating insight into a musical label that-more than 40 years on-still defies categorisation. -Record Collector Mimi Haddon's What Is Post-Punk? dismantles a deceptively simple question with care, beginning a long-overdue conversation that, as Haddon herself reveals, has already been happening online and in the music press for years. . . . Haddon's approach is academic but not prescriptive, carefully introducing a diverse set of critical frameworks that will be invaluable for future writers. -Punk Post-Punk Author InformationMimi Haddon is Senior Lecturer in Music in the School of Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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