Love for sale : pop music in America
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
781.64 Haj
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781.64 Haj
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
From the age of song sheets in the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era of digital streaming, pop music has been our most influential laboratory for social and aesthetic experimentation, changing the world three minutes at a time. Hajdu shows how pop has done much more than peddle fantasies of love and sex to teenagers. Exhaustively researched and rich with fresh insights, Love for Sale details pop music from Eva Tanguay, who upended Victorian conceptions of feminine propriety, to Blondie, the scandal of disco; from Bessie Smith and the 'blues queens' of the 1920s to Jimmie Rodgers, a former blackface minstrel performer who created the country music sound. At every turn, Hajdu surprises and challenges readers to think about our most familiar art in unexpected ways. --,adapted from publisher website.
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