We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Bringing together cultural, political and economic analyses, Lawrence Grossberg offers an original and bold interpretation of the contemporary politics of both rock and popular culture.

Lawrence Grossberg

Introduction: Theory, Politics and Passion; Part 1 Cultural Studies Theory, Power and the Popular; Chapter 1 Articulation and Culture; Chapter 2 Mapping Popular Culture; Chapter 3 Power and Daily Life; Chapter 4 Articulation and Agency; Part 2 Another Boring Day in ... Paradise: A Rock Formation; Chapter 5 Rock Cultures and Rock Formations; Chapter 6 Rock, the Liberal Consensus and Everyday Life; Chapter 7 Rock and Youth; Chapter 8 Rock, Postmodernity and Authenticity; Part 3 "Where the Streets have no Name": Hegemony and Territorialization; Chapter 9 Nation, Hegemony and Culture; Chapter 10 Hegemony and the Postmodern Frontier; Chapter 11 Ideology and Affective Epidemics; Chapter 12 The Disciplined Mobilization of Everyday Life; Part 4 "Real Power Doesn't Make Any Noise": Capitalism and the Left; Chapter 13 Life During Wartime; Chapter 14 "If You're Sailing on the Titanic, Go First Class": The Struggle Over Capitalism; Chapter 15 "You Can't Always Get What You Want": The Struggle Over the Left;