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The Persistence of Sentiment : Display and Feeling in Popular Music of the 1970s /

How can we account for the persistent appeal of glossy commercial pop music? Why do certain performers have such emotional power, even though their music is considered vulgar or second rate? The author gives a critical account of a group of American popular music performers who have dedicated fan ba...

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Autor principal: Morris, Mitchell, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkerley : University of California Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Black masculinity and the sound of wealth : Barry White in the early 1970s -- Transport and interiority in soft soul -- The audience and Barry Manilow -- The voice of Karen Carpenter -- Cher's "dark ladies" : Showbiz liberation -- Crossing over with Dolly Parton. 
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