Eric Weisbard
Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music
Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music
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Eric Weisbard provides a critical guide to books on American popular music, connecting memoirs, biographies, song compilations, blues novels, magazine essays, and academic studies. He explores an alternative history of American music through its writing, highlighting enduring questions that transcend time periods and genres.
\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 552 pages
\n Publication date: 28 May 2021
\n Publisher: Duke University Press
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Eric Weisbard, a renowned critic and scholar, provides a comprehensive critical guide to books on American popular music, spanning from William Billings's 1770 New-England Psalm-Singer to Jay-Z's 2010 memoir, Decoded. With his extensive experience in editing the Village Voice music section, coediting the Journal of Popular Music Studies, and organizing the Pop Conference, Weisbard intricately weaves together American music writing from memoirs, biographies, song compilations, blues novels, magazine essays, and academic studies. The authors of these diverse works, representing a wide range of backgrounds, including women, people of color, queer writers, self-educated scholars, poets, musicians, and elites challenging societal norms, come together to create a rich tapestry of musical narratives.
Weisbard's analysis delves into books on iconic figures such as Louis Armstrong, the Beatles, and Madonna, as well as the novels of Theodore Dreiser, Gayl Jones, and Jennifer Egan. He also explores various perspectives on blackface minstrelsy, offering an alternative history of American music through the lens of its writing. What sets Weisbard's work apart is his ability to trace enduring questions that transcend time periods and genres. He presents cultural studies in the form of concise notes on the fly, capturing the ever-changing meanings of sounds and music.
Through his meticulous research and insightful interpretations, Weisbard offers readers a deeper understanding of American popular music and its profound impact on society. His critical guide serves as a valuable resource for music enthusiasts, scholars, and anyone interested in exploring the rich literary and cultural heritage of this dynamic genre.
\n Weight: 784g\n
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 35 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781478014089\n \n
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