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Teenage Nervous Breakdown details how a state of mind -- which came out of 1950s-60s high school "American Graffiti" culture and peer group morals -- was successfully transformed and commercially exploited. Walley, social critic and cultural historian, shrewdly points out that in this post-Elvis age we are now hostages to the corrosive effects of an increasingly celebrity-driven consumerism, itself the result of the cumulative effects of the commercial exploitation of high-school peer group dynamics.The essays in this provocative book illustrate how this "evolution" has happened and its dubious contribution to American society. Among the issues at hand, Walley looks archly at the controversial effect of MTV on national politics, delves into the how and why behind the rebirth of heroin chic, and talks about how rock and roll has affected our sexual selves. Teenage Nervous Breakdown is a savvy blend of loosely interconnected essays that resemble a series of jazz improvisations comprising a thoughtful commentary on American culture.
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Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post-Elvis Age details how a state of mind - which came out of 1950s-60s high school "American Graffiti" culture and peer group morals - was successfully transformed and commercially exploited. The book shows how, because of this, our lives and our world (if not the nature of American democracy) in the 1990s have been altered in the process. David Walley shrewdly points out that in this post-Elvis age we are hostages to the corrosive effects of an increasingly celebrity-driven consumerism, itself the result of the cumulative effects of the commercial exploitation of high-school peer group dynamics. Animated by a throbbing rock-and-roll beat, this virulent form of consumerism has given rise to a multinational, adolescent-driven corporate consciousness in which MTV (Music Television) has become the virtual Voice of America. The essays in this provocative book illustrate how this "evolution" took place and what has been its dubious contribution to American society.
Among the issues at hand, Walley looks archly at the controversial effect MTV has had on national politics, delves into the how and why behind the rebirth of heroin chic, and talks about how rock and roll has affected our sexual selves.About the Author
David Walley is a well-known writer on popular music and culture, and a respected gadfly. He is the author of No Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa (1972) and The Ernie Kovacs Phile (1975).
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- PublisherDa Capo Press Inc
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0306458624
- ISBN 13 9780306458620
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages230
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