Pop, When the World Falls Apart: Music in the Shadow of Doubt

by Eric Weisbard

Book Overview

Hearing Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan once said, was "like busting out of jail." But what happens when popular music isn't as simple as rock-and-roll rebellion? How does pop respond to such events as a decade-long war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina? In Pop When the World Falls Apart, a diverse array of music writers, scholars, and enthusiasts reflect on popular music's role--as commentary, as refuge, and as rallying cry--in times of military conflict,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822351080
• ISBN13: 9780822351085
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"