[csaa-forum] Andy Bennett @ Monash, May 26

Dimitris Vardoulakis dimitris.vardoulakis at arts.monash.edu.au
Tue May 20 15:09:06 CST 2008


Andy Bennett (Griffith University) will be the next speaker in the 
Communications and Media Studies research seminar series. The seminar 
will take place on, May 26, English Library (Clayton Campus, Menzies 
Building, W710), 3 to 4.30 pm. Title and abstract  below:

*Ageing rockers and die hard punks: When youth culture meets middle age*

In the study of popular music reception, ageing audiences have never 
been a major focus of attention. Occasional references to ageing 
audiences that do appear, both in academic and popular texts, often tend 
to cast such audiences in a negative light - as cultural misfits or 
overgrown teenagers. It could, however, be argued that such 
representations of ageing popular audiences are increasingly out of step 
with a world in which definitions of ageing and generational boundaries 
are radically shifting. Indeed, within this context popular music may be 
argued to take on a critical new significance as a form of cultural 
authority; just as music functions as a cultural beacon for youth, so, 
it could be argued it is used by ageing individuals in the framing of 
their identities and lifestyles. As such, ageing popular music audiences 
can be situated in the context of a late modern cultural territory where 
issues of age, identity and lifestyle are becoming increasingly complex.


Everyone welcome

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Dimitris Vardoulakis
School of English, Communications and Performance Studies
Communications and Media Studies
Building 11
Monash University
Clayton, Vic, 3800
Australia

Tel: +61 3 9905 2442
Fax: + 61 3 9905 2135
www.arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/communications/staff/dimitris-vardoulakis/

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