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Popular Music, Gender, and Postmodernism: Anger Is an Energy begins by tracing the migration of cynical academic ideas about postmodernism into music journalism. The result has been a widespread fatalism over the presumed ability of the music industry to absorb any expression of…
Popular Music, Gender, and Postmodernism: Anger Is an Energy begins by tracing the migration of cynical academic ideas about postmodernism into music journalism. The result has been a widespread fatalism over the presumed ability of the music industry to absorb any expression of…
Three topics are discussed in this collection of essays. First, the role governments play by either supporting or inhibiting the development of musical industries in North America, Australia and Europe. Second, the role of broadcasting policies in organizing the 'audio-spaces' w…
A critical analysis of Madonna from a feminist perspective. The book includes a comprehensive listing of songs, videos, tours, films, stage roles, and Internet sites.
How do bad girls get away with it? How did Madonna, subject of public outcry for her controversial performances and her book Sex, become a superstar of pop culture and a role model for teenage girls? Why now, as star of Evita and a new mother, is she becoming a mainstream hero? …
How do bad girls get away with it? How did Madonna, subject of public outcry for her controversial performances and her book Sex, become a superstar of pop culture and a role model for teenage girls? Why now, as star of Evita and a new mother, is she becoming a mainstream hero? …
"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.
The author provides insight into the world of British independent music. She describes and analyses the behaviour of fans, artists and music industry professionals.
The author provides insight into the world of British independent music. She describes and analyses the behaviour of fans, artists and music industry professionals.
"This powerful study shows how America's biggest export, rock and roll, became a major influence in Mexican politics, society, and culture. From the arrival of Elvis in Mexico during the 1950s to the emergence of a full-blown counterculture movement by the late 1960s, Eric Zolov…
Covering the grown of twentieth-century American popular music, this work explores the question of why some music styles attain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches.
From Irving Berlin to Cy Coleman, from "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to "Big Spender," from Tin Pan Alley to the MGM soundstages, the Golden Age of the American song embodied all that was cool, sexy, and sophisticated in popular culture. For four glittering decades, geniuses like J…