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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807782803321

Autore

Scheff Thomas J.

Titolo

What's love got to do with it? : emotions and relationships in popular songs / / Thomas J. Scheff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-24924-0

1-315-63117-2

1-317-24923-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Disciplina

781.63

Soggetti

Popular music - History and criticism

Love songs - History and criticism

Emotions in music

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by Paradigm Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: A Note to the Reader; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: What's in a Love Song?; 2 Conceptions of Love: The Eternal Debate; 3 Emotion Languages: Love, Pride, Anger, Grief, Fear, and Other Emotions; 4 Alienation in Top 40 Songs 1930-2000; 5 Nobody Knows but Me: Curtailment of Feeling; 6 Genuine Love and Connectedness; 7 What Emotion Is the Shadow of Love?; 8 The Beat Goes On: Alienation and Curtailment of Emotions; Afterword: Two Projects for Better Lyrics; References; Index; About the Author