Rolling Stones

Helmut Staubmann is professor for social theory and cultural sociology and dean of the School of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His research focuses on questions of aesthetics and society.

• Intro: The Rolling Stones in Sociological PerspectivesBy Helmut StaubmannPart I: The Group1. The Spider and the Fly: Authenticity, Dualism, and The Rolling StonesBy Andrea Cossu and Matteo Bortolini Part II: (Counter-)Cultures – Music Scenes2. The Anti-Beatles: The Beatles versus Stones Debate during the “British Invasion”By Andre Millard3. Exile on Main Street and the End of the CountercultureBy Barry J. FaulkPart III: Movies4. Sympathy for the Circus: The Rolling Stones, Documentary Film and the Construction of AuthenticityBy Daniel M. Downes and June Madeley5. “My Name is Called Disturbance”: Jagger, Performance, and the Spectacle of ExcessBy Marlie Centawer6. Gimme Shelter Revisited: Deconstructing Myths from 1969 and Altamont By Michael SkladanyPart IV: Sexuality/Gender7. Satisfaction: Sex and The Rolling Stones’ Personas, Performances, and Fan ReactionsBy Andrea Baker8. The Hegemonic Masculinity of The Rolling Stones and Where They Came to RestBy Jason T. Eastma

Keith Richards once told me that rock 'n' roll can only be appreciated below the neck. He may have had a point. But after 50 years of shaping our culture's attitudes—toward sex, fashion, art, politics and business—the Stones have clearly traversed beyond the visceral. They deserve to be intellectually interrogated by a bunch of sociologists—as they are in this eye-opening book.