عنوان

They Might Be Giants' Flood /

شابک

162356915X

شابک

9781623569150

شابک اشتباه

9781623568290

شابک اشتباه

9781623569655

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

They Might Be Giants' Flood /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

S. Alexander Reed and Philip Sandifer

وضعيت ويراست

1st edition

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xv, 130 pages ;

ابعاد

17 cm

عنوان فروست

33 1/3 ;

مشخصه جلد

88

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

Who might be giants? -- Lincoln -- Brooklyn's Ambassadors of love -- America -- Flooding -- Childhood -- Mediality -- Geek culture -- Post-coolness

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"For a few decades now, They Might Be Giants' album Flood has been a beacon (or at least a nightlight) for people who might rather read than rock, who care more about Dali than Dokken, who are more often called clever than cool. Neither the band's hip origins in the Lower East Side scene nor Flood's platinum certification can cover up the record's singular importance to geek culture, for lack of a better term. This matters for two reasons. First, it helps us understand a certain identity and way of being. The geek-friendliness of Flood is apparent despite its lack of geeky referential content, which allows us, by listening closely, to understand geekiness not just as a predilection for Hobbits and Spock ears, but as a set of creative and interpretive practices marked by playful excess--a literal flood of ideas. Second, the album can help us to understand a moment in American history. In particular, the brainy sort of kids who listened to They Might Be Giants saw their own cultural options grow explosively during the late 1980s and early 1990s amidst the confluence of the early tech boom and the country's growing leftist social tides. Whether or not it was the band's intention, Flood's jubilant proclamation of such a willfully uncool identity found an ideal audience at an ideal turning point. This book tells the story."

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Flood

موضوع مستند نشده

They Might Be Giants (Musical group)

موضوع مستند نشده

They Might Be Giants (Musical group)., Flood

موضوع مستند نشده

Rock music-- 1981-1990-- History and criticism

موضوع مستند نشده

Rock musicians-- United States, Biography

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Reed, S. Alexander

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Sandifer, Phillip

تاريخ عمليات

20180109102550.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y