{"product_id":"rock-and-roll-vs-modern-life-by-seth-kim-cohen-9798765101322","title":"Rock and Roll vs. Modern Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo Boomeresque celebration of the \"music that defined an era,\" \u003ci\u003eRock and Roll vs. Modern Life\u003c\/i\u003e is instead a deeply critical analysis of rock and roll as a chaotic, caterwauling project to upend the foundational presumptions of postwar values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat we have here is the closest thing yet to a unified field theory of rock and roll. In seminal performances, films, and recordings, Iggy Pop, James Brown, Patti Smith, the Last Poets, and the Sex Pistols disrupt the implicit ontologies of modernism and late-stage capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its comrades, conceptual art, Black power, and poststructuralism, rock and roll strips back the linoleum surface of modern life to reveal a feral sensibility unwilling to be boxed up for clean consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598054932716,"sku":"9798765101322","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/09bf1531fae5d6b632d1026ce1a2f66d.jpg?v=1778038095","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rock-and-roll-vs-modern-life-by-seth-kim-cohen-9798765101322","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}