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Popular Music Perspectives Ideas, Themes, and Patterns in Contemporary Lyrics B. Lee Cooper Popular Press In thirteen essays, this book probes ideas and themes that are prominent in contemporary song lyrics. The essays take social change, human interaction, technology, and intellectual development as points of departure for specific examinations of public education, railroads, death, automobiles, and rebels. The essays also examine humor, traditions, and historical events found in answer songs, cover recordings, nursery rhyme adaptations, and novelty tunes. For more information regarding publicity and reviews contact our publicity manager, Chris Caldwell, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu

1991 LC: 90-083700 ML 222 pp.   6 x 9 ISBN-10: 0-87972-505-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-505-1 Cloth $39.95 t ISBN-10: 0-87972-506-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-506-8 Paper $16.95 t Add titles to your shopping cart by clicking on the "Add this book to cart" link above. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with your credit card. Click here for a further explanation of the shopping cart feature Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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