Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. The Eighties 1
5. The Church of the Sonic Guitar 13
6. The Enemy Within: Censorship in Rock Music in the 1950s 39
7. A Corpse in Your Mouth: Adventures of a Metaphor, or Modern Cannibalism 73
8. Why Don't We Do It in the Classroom? 93
9. Playing for England 101
10. Rock &Roll as a Cultural Practice 117
11. Tracking 135
12. Signposts on the Road to Nowhere: Laurie Anderson's Crisis of Meaning 149
13. Concerning the Progress of Rock &Roll 167
14. Los Angeles, 1999 183
15. Sexual Mobilities in Bruce Springsteen: Performance as Commentary 197
16. About a Salary or Reality?-Rap's Recurrent Conflict 219
17. Voguing at the Carnival: Desire and Pleasure on MTV 235
18. Living by Night in the Land of Opportunity: Observations on Life in a Rock &Roll Band 271
19. Index 303
20. Notes on Contributors 315