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 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.

Author: Jonathan C. Friedman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/28/2016
Pages: 430
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781138216228

About the Author

Jonathan C. Friedman is Professor of History and Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at West Chester University.