The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music

The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music
ISBN-10
1136447288
ISBN-13
9781136447280
Category
History
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2013-07-04
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Jonathan C. Friedman

Description

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.

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