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Love Songs - The Hidden History (Hardcover)
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The love song is timeless. From its beginnings, it has been shaped
by bohemians and renegades, slaves and oppressed minorities,
prostitutes, immigrants and other excluded groups. But what do we
really know about the origins of these intimate expressions of the
heart? And how have our changing perceptions about topics such as
sexuality and gender roles changed our attitudes towards these
songs?
In Love Songs: The Hidden History, Ted Gioia uncovers the
unexplored story of the love song for the first time. Drawing on
two decades of research, Gioia presents the full range of love
songs, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the
sexualized YouTube videos of the present day. The book traces the
battles over each new insurgency in the music of love--whether
spurred by wandering scholars of medieval days or by four lads from
Liverpool in more recent times. In these pages, Gioia reveals that
the tenderest music has, in different eras, driven many of the most
heated cultural conflicts, and how the humble love song has played
a key role in expanding the sphere of individualism and personal
autonomy in societies around the world.
Gioia forefronts the conflicts, controversies, and the battles over
censorship and suppression spurred by such music, revealing the
outsiders and marginalized groups that have played a decisive role
in shaping our songs of romance and courtship, and the ways their
innovations have led to reprisals and strife. And he describes the
surprising paths by which the love song has triumphed over these
obstacles, and emerged as the dominant form of musical expression
in modern society.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2015 |
First published: |
February 2015 |
Authors: |
Ted Gioia
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Dimensions: |
237 x 163 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-935757-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Music >
General
Books >
Music >
General
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LSN: |
0-19-935757-9 |
Barcode: |
9780199357574 |
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