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Retromania

bySimon Reynolds

Who is this book for? Readers interested in music history, cultural studies, and the impact of nostalgia on society.

Topics NostalgiaCultural Identity and HeritageExploration of specific cultural traditions

MoodReflective

The first book to make sense of 21st Century pop, Retromania explores rock's nostalgia industry of revivals, reissues, reunions and remakes, and argues that there has never before been a culture so obsessed with its own immediate past. Pulling together parallel threads from music, fashion, art, and new media, Simon Reynolds confronts a central paradox of our era: from iPods to YouTube, we're empowered by mind-blowing technology, but too often it's used as a time machine or as a tool to shuffle and rearrange music from yesterday.We live in the digital future but we're mesmerized by our analogue past.

Language

Published on

01/05/2012

Pages

496

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780571232093

Price Comparison

16.99 £

20.49 €

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