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The Music of Counterculture Cinema
A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks
by Mathew J. Bartkowiak and Yuya Kiuchi
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Films produced in late 1960s and early 1970s America—along with later films focusing on that period—continue to frame our understanding of the counterculture era. The popular and experimental music of the day is central to the counterculture narrative on film, from the utopian Monterey Pop (1968) to the disenchantment of Gimme Shelter (1970). But the musical side of the movement was not monolithic, and a study of contemporary film soundtracks reveals a great deal of complexity. The coinciding struggles to define collective and individual identities based on race, class, gender and generation are well documented in the music of counterculture cinema.
About the authors:
Mathew J. Bartkowiak, formerly an associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County, is now a senior manager at Nelson-Jameson, Inc. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of American Studies at Michigan State University.
Yuya Kiuchi is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University. His research interests include popular culture, youth culture, African American Studies, technology, and sexuality.
Press Reviews:
"Bartkowiak and Kiuchi have written a smart examination of the intersection of two key popular cultural genres. Recommended"—Choice; "recommended"—Journal of American Culture.
See the publisher website: McFarland & Co
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