Popular Music

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The Bastard Instrument

A Cultural History of the Electric Bass

By Brian F. Wright
Subjects: Music, Popular Music, American Studies, Music Theory, Music Composition, Jazz
Series: Tracking Pop

Centering the electric bass in popular music history

Tracks on the Trail

Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency

By Dana Gorzelany-Mostak
Subjects: Music, Popular Music, American Studies, Political Science, American Politics
Series: Tracking Pop

How music defines US presidential campaigns
 

Rock This Way

Cultural Constructions of Musical Legitimacy

By Mel Stanfill
Subjects: Music, Popular Music, Media Studies, T.V. & Radio, Law, Intellectual Property, African American Studies

What remixes, covers, mash-ups, and parodies say about the perceived legitimacy of music making

The Taylor Mac Book

Ritual, Realness and Radical Performance

By David Roman & Sean Edgecomb
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Sexuality Studies, American Studies, Music, Popular Music
Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance

Brings together the voices of scholars, critics, and artists to celebrate the genius of Taylor Mac

Queer Voices in Hip Hop

Cultures, Communities, and Contemporary Performance

By Lauron J. Kehrer
Subjects: Music, Popular Music, Sexuality Studies, American Studies
Series: Tracking Pop

Positions queer and trans hip hop artists within a longer tradition of Black queer music

Everybody In, Nobody Out

Inspiring Community at Michigan's University Musical Society

By Ken Fischer
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Art and Culture, Theater and Performance, Education, Higher Education, Music, Popular Music

A reflection on the power of the performing arts to engage and enrich communities

Rhymes in the Flow

How Rappers Flip the Beat

By Macklin Smith & Aurko Joshi
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Studies, Music, Popular Music, African American Studies

Reveals the deep roots, poetic structures, and uncommon artistry of rap poetry and performance

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