Bibliograph

Love for sale, pop music in America, David Hajdu

Type

Label

Love for sale, pop music in America, David Hajdu

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-288) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Love for sale

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

947041885

Responsibility statement

David Hajdu

Sub title

pop music in America

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

The sheet music era: the zenith of the popular music craze -- The rise of records : whispering -- The Cotton Club : jungle nights in Harlem -- The charts : make-believe island -- Going west : Hollywood barn dance -- Rock and roll : they went ca-raaaaazy for it! -- The transistor : mine completely -- Singers and songwriters : potty about Dylan -- The album : a pair of twenty-minute things -- Punk versus disco : who needs love? -- Video : moonwalkers -- Hip-hop : beats want to be free -- Digitization : the immaterial world -- Coda

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