Pop : when the world falls apart : music in the shadow of doubt
Title:
Pop : when the world falls apart : music in the shadow of doubt
Author:
Weisbard, Eric
ISBN:
9780822351085
Publication Information:
Durham : Duke University Press, c2012
Physical Description:
329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Hearing Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan once said, was "Eke busting out of jail."But what happens when popular music isn't as simple as rock-and-roll rebellion? How does pop respond to such events as a decade-long war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina? In Pop When the World Falls Apart, a diverse array of music writers, scholars, and enthusiasts reflect on popular music's role-as commentary, as refuge, and as rallying cry-in times of military conflict, social upheaval, and cultural crisis
Subject:
| Music -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century |
| Music -- Social aspects -- History -- 21st century |
| Popular music -- History and criticism |
Summary:
Hearing Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan once said, was "Eke busting out of jail."But what happens when popular music isn't as simple as rock-and-roll rebellion? How does pop respond to such events as a decade-long war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina? In Pop When the World Falls Apart, a diverse array of music writers, scholars, and enthusiasts reflect on popular music's role-as commentary, as refuge, and as rallying cry-in times of military conflict, social upheaval, and cultural crisis