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Informationen zum Autor Marcus Breen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University in Boston. He was Chairman of the Victorian Rock Foundation and a prominent music writer for the Melbourne Herald, Sunday Herald, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard Magazine, and Business International. He also works as a consultant in the fields of communications and trade policy in the developing world. Klappentext Can rock n' roll and politics mix? Rock Dogs looks at the impact of government music policies on the Australian music scene, youth culture, and national identity. This insightful and timely book is a candid, observant study of the legacy of the Australian Labor Party's cultural policies in the 1980s and early 1990s, and the larger debate over the creation and preservation of a national culture. Zusammenfassung Can rock n' roll and politics mix? This book looks at the impact of government music policies on the Australian music scene! youth culture! and national identity. It is a study of the legacy of the Australian Labor Party's cultural policies in the 1980s and early 1990s! and the debate over the creation and preservation of a national culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. Mapping New Music Policies Chapter 4 2. Who's Got the Rhetorical Power? Chapter 5 3. Working the Rhetoric Chapter 6 4. A Kylie Story: Inner City to Mushroomville Chapter 7 5. Finding the Pieces is No Cake Walk Chapter 8 6. Community Music-Unexpected Achievements Chapter 9 7. Sweet Dreams in Ausmusic and the VRF Chapter 10 8. All is Revealed: The Industry and the PSA Chapter 11 9. Whither Australian Rock Music? Chapter 12 10. Conclusions: Lessons to Rock With Chapter 13 Endnotes Chapter 14 Appendices Chapter 15 References Chapter 16 Index
