TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gioia,Ted
TI  - Love songs: a hidden history 
SN  - 9780199357574 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - ML2854 .G56 2015
U1  - 782.42 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Love songs
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index; Birds do it! -- Procreative music -- Sappho and Confucius -- Love in ancient Rome -- Debauched maidens and lustful harlots -- The North African and Middle Eastern connection -- The troubadours -- The triumph of romance -- A love supreme -- Profane love -- Divas and deviancy -- Folk songs and love songs -- Love songs for the mass market -- The African connection (again) -- Crooners, torch songs and bobbysoxers -- Rock 'n' roll and the summer of love -- As nasty as they wanna be
N2  - Uncovers the unexplored history of the love song, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the sexualized YouTube videos of the present day, and discusses such topics as censorship, the legacy of love songs, and why it is a dominant form of modern musical expression
ER  -