1. Reach Out I’ll Be There: Pop Music, Work, and Society

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Reach Out I’ll Be There: Pop Music, Work, and Society 1
5. 2. Stayin’ Alive at McTells 23
6. 3. I Got All My Sisters with Me: Music and Community 41
7. 4. Music, Machines, and Clocks: Songs and the Senses of Alienation 67
8. 5. You Can Tell by the Way I Use My Walk: Music as Aid to Work and Critique of Taylorism 93
9. 6. Pop Songs and the Hidden Injuries (and Joys) of Class 112
10. 7. Collective Resistance on the Shop Floor 140
11. 8. Dotted Lines on the Shop Floor: Cultural Connections with Collective Resistance 164
12. 9. Conclusion: Pop Music, Culture, and Resistance 190
13. Appendix: An Ethnography of Working and of Musicking 211
14. References 215
15. Index 221