Sunday, 14 February 2010
How useful is the production of culture perspective in understanding the birth of rock and roll.
The production of cultural perspective was created by Richard Peterson in nineteen ninety five; he made it in order to destroy the myths surrounding the birth of Rock and Roll by analyzing five different aspects behind it. These five different aspects included: Law, technology, industry structure, occupational careers and market. Through 'Law' its understood that due to radios' fallout with ASCAP in nineteen forty more black music was given air play. Not only this but RCA introduced 7 inch 33rpm vinyl records meaning music could be posted and therefore reach more people. 'Technology' Brought around the transistor and television in the late nineteen forty's; people could now watch and listen to music a lot easier. The weakness behind this is that Peterson doesn't care for the music itself, he only seems to be worried about the facts behind sound; the fact he is not interested in the music would suggest he cannot appreciate what maybe considered rock a roll which is significant .
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Peterson's article: Why 1955? was published in the journal of popular music in 1990 not 1995. Also, while it does attack some of what he believes to be the myths associated with the birth of rock 'n' roll this is not really its primary focus.
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