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- Buy it nowJuke box Britain: Americanisation and youth culture, 1945–60 (Studies in Popular
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Manchester University Press
ISBN-10
0719079071
ISBN-13
9780719079078
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71169435
Product Key Features
Book Title
Juke Box Britain : Americanisation and Youth Culture, 1945-60
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Modern / 20th Century, Popular Culture, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Social Science, History
Book Series
Studies in Popular Culture Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Richard Hoggart believed that the juke box was a harbinger of all the worst features of American mass culture. Using a range of primary and secondary sources, from the trade press of the music industry to memoirs and interviews, and drawing on an established sociological and historical literature on postwar youth cultures, Adrian Horn has produced an innovative and scholarly work. He charts the cultural impact of juke boxes in Britain in meticulous detail, and sheds much needed light also on the cultural worlds of 'the juke box boys' and youth cafes of postwar Britain.' David Fowler, University of Cambridge
Dewey Decimal
306.094109045
Table Of Content
Plates Tables Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Context - British acceptance and resistance to American popular culture pre 1945 2. Americanisation and the post-war juke box 3. American music, juke boxes and cultural resistance 4. British teenagers 5. Spivs and Teds: changing meanings of 'rebellious' male dress styles 6. Cutting your coat according to your cloth: Dress styles for young women after World War II 7. Venues: From arcade to high street Conclusion Bibliography Index
Synopsis
British teenagers witnessed immense cultural change in the period following the second world war. There were less than 100 juke boxes in Britain in 1945 and over 15,000 by 1958. Over the same period there was a similar unprecedented expansion of casual youth venues in the form of cafés, snack, milk and coffee bars where young people could hear the sounds of hot American jazz and rock 'n' roll. It has been a common assumption among academics and cultural historians alike that British youth between 1945 and 1960 underwent a period of massive 'Americanisation'. Juke Box Britain contests this view maintaining that American popular-cultural influences were not examples of cultural domination but simply influences that combined with existing styles to create distinctly British style fusions. Juke Box Britain is suitable for students of cultural, social and design histories as well as cultural studies and provides fascinating reading for youth culture and juke box enthusiasts., British teenagers witnessed immense cultural change in the period following the second world war. There were less than 100 juke boxes in Britain in 1945 and over 15,000 by 1958. Over the same period there was a similar unprecedented expansion of casual youth venues in the form of caf s, snack, milk and coffee bars where young people could hear the sounds of hot American jazz and rock 'n' roll. It has been a common assumption among academics and cultural historians alike that British youth between 1945 and 1960 underwent a period of massive 'Americanisation'. Juke Box Britain contests this view maintaining that American popular-cultural influences were not examples of cultural domination but simply influences that combined with existing styles to create distinctly British style fusions. Juke Box Britain is suitable for students of cultural, social and design histories as well as cultural studies and provides fascinating reading for youth culture and juke box enthusiasts., Presents a highly original and detailed investigation into the nature of American visual, musical and cultural influences on British youth between 1945 and 1960. It looks at the spread of youth culture, juke boxes, coffee and milk bars, dress styles and rock 'n' roll and the context of these 'new' cultural influences in design, music and lifestyle. -- ., Presents a highly original and detailed investigation into the nature of American visual, musical and cultural influences on British youth between 1945 and 1960. It looks at the spread of youth culture, juke boxes, coffee and milk bars, dress styles and rock 'n' roll and the context of these 'new' cultural influences in design, music and lifestyle.
LC Classification Number
DA589.4
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