The Myth of the Mainstream
Paul Baines
'Mainstream' - a principal current of a river, 1667, from main (adj.) + stream, hence, "prevailing direction in opinion, popular taste, etc.," a fig. use first attested in Carlyle (1831). I propose that the concept of 'the mainstream', be it music, art, idea...
Myth of the Mainstream
Paul Baines
'Mainstream' - a principal current of a river, 1667, from main (adj.) stream, hence, "prevailing direction in opinion, popular taste, etc.," a fig. use first attested in Carlyle (1831). I propose that the concept of 'the mainstream', be it music, art, ideas,...
