The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks
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.

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The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks
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.

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The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks

The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks

by Mathew J. Bartkowiak, Yuya Kiuchi
The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks

The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks

by Mathew J. Bartkowiak, 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786475421
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 06/29/2015
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Framing Utopia: Monterey Pop and the Heart of the Counterculture
2. Creating the Downfall: Gimme Shelter and the “End” of the Counterculture
3. Searching for the Real Times, Baby: Head and the Unmaking of the Monkees
4. Love in Counterculture Film: Music’s Diplomatic Role in Harold and Maude
5. Space Is the Place: Barbarella and Hearing the Future
6. Did the Soundtrack Also Blow It?: Using Rock to Capture Counterculture Generational Identity
7. Setting the Escapist Scene with Music: Sex and Comedy in an Exotic World
8. Generational Genocide: Selling Youth Rebellion in Roger Corman’s Gas-s-s-s
9. African American Artists in Hollywood: Isaac Hayes’ Contribution to Shaft
10. I’m Watching It for Its Music: Deep Throat and Its Soundtrack
11. Challenging Normativity and Pushing Boundaries: Midnight Cowboy and Cultural Resistance
12. Ambiguous Meaning of Music: Combining Technology and Music in the Dystopian World of A Clockwork Orange
13. Understanding Country Ways: A Talk with Country Joe McDonald About Counterculture Film
14. Bringing the 1960s to Life: An Interview with Director Robert Greenwald
Coda
Works Cited
Index
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