| Descript |
xxxvi, 458 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
The 're' decade ; The retroscape -- Don't look back : nostalgia and retro -- 'Now.' Pop will repeat itself : museums, reunions, rock docs, re-enactments ; Total recall : music and memory in the time of YouTube ; Lost in the shuffle : record collecting and the twilight of music as an object ; Good citations : the rise of the rock curator ; Turning Japanese : the empire of retro and the hipster international -- 'Then.' Strange changes : fashion, retro and vintage ; Turn back time : revival cults and time-warp tribes ; No future : punk's reactionary roots and retro aftermath ; Rock on (and on) (and on) : the never-ending Fifties revival -- 'Tomorrow.' Ghosts of futures past : sampling, hauntology, and mash-ups ; Out of space : nostalgia for giant steps and final frontiers ; The retroscape (slight return) ; The shock of the old : past, present, and future in the first decade of the Twenty-first century. |
| ISBN |
9780571232093 (pbk.) |
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9780571232086 (hbk.) |
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0571232086 (hbk.) |
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0571232094 (pbk.) |
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