Did rock smash the wall?

Did Rock Smash the Wall? The Role of Rock in Political Transition
Author(s): Jolanta Pekacz
Source: Popular Music, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan., 1994), pp. 41-49
Published by: Cambridge University Press
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A conviction that rock is the central manifestation of the post-War mass culture and the most common form of mass cultural activity, seems undoubted for rock analysts. The question as to whether rock music is able to play any significantrole in a process