"Michael Gilmour's introductory essay gives a state-of-the-discipline overview of research in popular music. He argues that popular songs frequently draw from and "interpret" themes found in the conceptual and linguistic worlds of the major religions and reveal underlying attitu…
-+One of very few books on religion and popular music-+Covers a wide range of musical styles, from heavy metal and rap to country, jazz and Broadway musicals-+The essays are written by academics and informed by their enthusiasm for the musicMany boo.
This book examines animal welfare themes in fiction, and considers how authors of the last two centuries undermine dominative attitudes toward the nonhuman. Appearing alongside the emerging humane movements of the nineteenth century and beyond is a kind of storytelling sympathet…