Tommy, trauma, and postwar youth culture

Publication Type:

Book

Source:

Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press,, Albany, NY, United States, p.1 online resource (x, 105 pages). (2023)

Call Number:

ML410.T69

URL:

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3329131

Keywords:

Psychological aspects., Rock music

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "I want nothing to do with it" -- Chapter 1 The Plot -- Chapter 2 "California, Here I Come" -- Chapter 3 Historical Background: "It's a boy, Mr. Townshend" -- Chapter 4 1967: Toward the Rock Opera -- Chapter 5 1967: Finding Baba -- Chapter 6 Making Tommy -- Chapter 7 The Album: Childhood, Cure, Fame -- Childhood -- Cure -- Fame -- Chapter 8 Tommy Lives -- Chapter 9 Tommy Reborn -- Conclusion: To the Lifehouse -- Postscript: What Happened to Pete -- Notes -- Index.The cultural history of one of rock's greatest masterpieces told through the eyes of its creator.Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed March 15, 2023).