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001 2014018842
003 DLC
005 20190729110237.0
008 140513s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2014018842
020 _a9780199357574 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a0199357579
_q(hardback
_qalk. paper)
042 _apcc
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
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050 0 0 _aML2854
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082 0 0 _a782.42
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100 1 _aGioia, Ted.
245 1 0 _aLove songs :
_ba hidden history /
_cTed Gioia.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2015]
300 _axiii, 315 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index.
505 0 _aBirds 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.
520 _aUncovers 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.
650 0 _aLove songs
_xHistory and criticism.
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