Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Re-placing the Popular
Part 1. Dancing ... (Popular Music)
Another Boring Day in Paradise: Rock and Roll and the Empowerment of Everyday Life (1984)
"I'd Rather Feel Bad than Not Feel Anything at All": Rock and Roll, Pleasure and Power (1984)
Rock, Territorialization, and Power (1991)
Is Anybody Listening? Does Anybody Care? On "The State of Rock" (1994)
Part 2. in Spite of ... (Postmodernity)
The Indifference of Television, or, Mapping TV's Popular (Affective) Economy (1987)
Postmodernity and Affect: All Dressed Up with No Place to Go (1988)
Postmodernist Elitisms and Postmodern Struggles (1990)
Part 3. Myself ... (Politics)
Introduction
The Scandal of Cultural Studies
The Specificity of American Hegemony
Patrolling Frontiers: The Articulation of the Popular
Postscript: Fans, Fanatics and Ideologues
Rockin' in Conservative Times
Conclusion: From Media to Popular Culture to Every Life (1991)
Notes
References
Index