The Routledge history of social protest in popular music /

The major objective of this collection of 28 essays is to analyze the trends, musical formats, and rhetorical devices used in popular music to illuminate the human condition. By comparing and contrasting musical offerings in a number of countries and in different contexts from the 19th century until...

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Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Other Authors:	Friedman, Jonathan C., 1966- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:	Popular music > Political aspects. Popular music > Social aspects. Protest songs > History and criticism. Protest movements > Songs and music. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	The major objective of this collection of 28 essays is to analyze the trends, musical formats, and rhetorical devices used in popular music to illuminate the human condition. By comparing and contrasting musical offerings in a number of countries and in different contexts from the 19th century until today, The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music aims to be a probing introduction to the history of social protest music, ideal for popular music studies and history and sociology of music courses.
Item Description:	Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781136447297 1136447296