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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music
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| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | 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 awareness of the inevitability of death and the anxiety it can evoke. Exploring bereavement, depression, suicide, violence, gore, and fans' responses to the deaths of musicians, it argues for the social and cultural significance of popular music's treatment of mortality and the apparent absurdity of |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1472534514 |