Rolling Stones: Sociological Perspectives

Helmut Staubmann

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The contributors approach the Rolling Stones from a range of social science perspectives including cultural studies, communication and film studies, gender studies, and the sociology of popular music.

Book Details

Publisher: Lexington Books
Publish Date: Jun 6th, 2013
Pages: 254
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.80in - 5.90in - 0.80in - 0.85lb
EAN: 9780739176733
Categories: • History & Criticism - General• Genres & Styles - Blues• Men's Studies

About the Author

Helmut Staubmann is professor for social theory and cultural sociology and dean of the School of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His research focuses on questions of aesthetics and society.

Praise for this book

Keith Richards once told me that rock 'n' roll can only be appreciated below the neck. He may have had a point. But after 50 years of shaping our culture's attitudes--toward sex, fashion, art, politics and business--the Stones have clearly traversed beyond the visceral. They deserve to be intellectually interrogated by a bunch of sociologists--as they are in this eye-opening book.

Staubmann's book is a choral sociological study tuned to let the reader immerse and enjoy the variety of aesthetic nuances of the venerated social artifact constituted by Rolling Stones' music creation and their performance innovations.