"This book explores rock and pop music lyrics of the last seventy years to elucidate a broad spectrum of themes about the collective human experience"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Tales of Love and Desire
Depictions of Intimacy Loss
Nostalgic Songs : The Phenomenology of Loss and Yearning
Songs of Leaving Home, Going on the Road, and Returning Home
Portraits of the Outsider
Accounts of Fleeing Social Reality through Alcohol and Drug Use
Representations of Mental Illness
Music of Social and Political Critique
Images of Utopia and Dystopia
Lyrics in the Prophetic Voice
Visions of Heaven and Hell.
ISBN
9781666945591 (hardcover)
1666945595 (hardcover)
LCCN
2024024099
OCLC
1437889988
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