Mortality and music : popular music and the awareness of death /

The evidence of death and dying has been removed from the everyday lives of most Westerners. Yet we constantly live with the awareness of our vulnerability as mortals. Drawing on a range of genres, bands and artists, Mortality and Music examines the ways in which popular music has responded to our a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Partridge, Christopher H. (Christopher Hugh), 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Colección:Bloomsbury studies in religion and popular music.
Temas:
Popular music > History and criticism.
Death in music.
Musique populaire > Histoire et critique.
Mort dans la musique.
Literary studies: general.
Music.
Aspects of religion (non-Christian)
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Death in music
Popular music
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mortality and immortality
  • Death and the sacred
  • The undead and the uncanny
  • Morbidity, violence, and suicide
  • Transfiguration, devotion and immortality.

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