商品描述
An exploration of the much-derided English suburbs through rap music. There are many different Englands. From the much-romanticized rolling countryside, to the cosmopolitanism of the inner cities (embraced by some as progressive, multicultural enlightenment and derided by others as the playground of a self-righteous metropolitan elite), or the disparagingly named "left behind" communities which, post-Brexit, have so interested political parties and pundits, demographers and statisticians.
But there is also an England no one cares about. The England of semi-detached houses and clean driveways for multiple cars devotedly washed on Sundays, of "twitching curtains" and Laura Ashley sofas; of cul-de-sacs to nowhere and exaggerated accents; of late night drives to petrol stations on A roads, fake IDs tested in Harvesters, and faded tracksuits and over-gelled hair in Toby Carverys; of questionable hash from a "mate of a mate" and two-litre bottles of White Lightning from Budgens consumed in a kids playground. Much derided. Unglamorous, ordinary; cultural vacuity and small "c" conservatism. A hodgepodge. An--apparently--middling, middle-of-the-road middle-England of middle-class middle-mindedness.
Part poetry anthology, part academic study into placemaking, and part autoethnography,
The England No One Cares About innovatively brings together academic discussions of the ethnographic potential of lyrics, scholastic representations of suburbia, and thematic analysis to explore how rap music can illuminate the experiences of young men growing up in suburbia. This takes place by exploring the author's own annotated lyrics from his career as a musician known as Context where he was referred to by the BBC as "Middle England's Poet Laureate."
商品描述(中文翻譯)
對於備受詬病的英國郊區進行的探索，透過饒舌音樂來呈現。
英國有許多不同的面貌。從被過度浪漫化的起伏鄉村，到內城的國際化（有些人將其視為進步的多元文化啟蒙，而另一些人則將其貶為自以為是的都市精英的遊樂場），再到那些被貶稱為「被遺忘」的社區，這些社區在脫歐後引起了政黨、專家、人口學家和統計學家的極大興趣。
但還有一個英國，沒有人在乎。那是半獨立住宅和為多輛車輛清洗的乾淨車道，這些車輛在星期天被虔誠地清洗；是「拉開窗簾」和Laura Ashley沙發的英國；是通往無處的死胡同和誇張口音的英國；是深夜駕車前往A路上的加油站，假身份證在Harvesters中被檢驗，以及在Toby Carvery中穿著褪色運動服和過度造型的頭髮；是來自「朋友的朋友」的可疑大麻和在兒童遊樂場中消費的Budgens的兩公升White Lightning。這是一個備受詬病的地方。毫無魅力，普通；文化空虛和小寫的「c」保守主義。一個雜燴。一個——顯然——中庸的中部英國，充滿中產階級的中庸思想。
《The England No One Cares About》部分是詩歌選集，部分是對地方創造的學術研究，部分是自我民族誌，創新地將學術討論、對郊區的學術表述和主題分析結合在一起，探索饒舌音樂如何照亮年輕人在郊區成長的經歷。這一切通過探索作者作為音樂家Context的註解歌詞來進行，他曾被BBC稱為「中部英國的桂冠詩人」。
作者簡介
George Musgrave studies the psychological experiences and working conditions of creative careers. He collaboratively undertook a major research project entitled "Can Music Make You Sick?" and cowrote a bestselling book on the subject. He has worked on ethical decision-making by music managers and wellbeing in the gig economy, and his research has been featured on BBC News, Pitchfork, Mixmag, GQ, The Financial Times, BBC Introducing, The Grammys, and Billboard among others. He is also a musician, signed with EMI/Sony/ATV.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
喬治·穆斯格雷夫研究創意職業的心理體驗和工作條件。他共同進行了一項名為「音樂能讓你生病嗎？」的重大研究項目，並共同撰寫了一本關於該主題的暢銷書。他曾研究音樂經理的倫理決策以及零工經濟中的福祉，他的研究曾在BBC新聞、《Pitchfork》、《Mixmag》、《GQ》、《金融時報》、BBC Introducing、格萊美獎和《Billboard》等媒體上報導。他也是一名音樂家，與EMI/Sony/ATV簽約。
