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From rock'n'roll to hard core punk : an introduction to rock music in Durban, 1963-1985.

dc.contributor.advisorBallantine, Christopher John.
dc.contributor.advisorParker, Beverly Lewis.
dc.contributor.authorVan der Meulen, Lindy.
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T06:33:55Z
dc.date.available2012-02-15T06:33:55Z
dc.date.created1995
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Mus.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1995.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis introduces the reader to rock music in Durban from 1963 to 1985, tracing the development of rock in Durban from rock'n'roll to hard core punk. Although the thesis is historically orientated, it also endeavours to show the relationship of rock music in Durban to three central themes, viz: the relationship of rock in Durban to the socio-political realities of apartheid in South Africa; the role of women in local rock, and the identity crisis experienced by white, English-speaking South Africans. Each of these themes is explored in a separate chapter, with Chapter Two providing the bulk of historical data on which the remaining chapters are based. Besides the important goal of documenting a forgotten and ignored rock history, one central concern pervades this work. In every chapter, the conclusions reached all point to the identity crisis experienced both by South African rock audiences and the rock musicians themselves. The constant hankering after international (and specifically British) rock music trends both by audiences and fans is symptomatic of a culture in crisis, and it is the search for the reasons for this identity crisis that dominate this work. The global/local debate and its relationship to rock in South Africa has been a useful theoretical tool in the unravelling of the identity crisis mentioned above. Chapter Four focusses on the role of women in the Durban rock scene and documents the difficulties experienced by women who were rock musicians in Durban. This is a small contribution to the increasing field of womens' studies, and I have attempted to relate the role of women in rock in Durban to other studies in this field.en
dc.description.notesMusic cassette not included.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/5019
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectPunk rock music--Durban--History and criticism.en
dc.subjectRock music--Durban--History and criticism.en
dc.subjectWomen rock musicians--Durban.en
dc.subjectRock music--Social aspects.en
dc.subjectRock music--Political aspects.en
dc.subjectTheses--Music.en
dc.titleFrom rock'n'roll to hard core punk : an introduction to rock music in Durban, 1963-1985.en
dc.typeThesisen

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