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This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture book cover

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This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture

By Katherine L. Turner Copyright 2015
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge
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The use of irony in music is just beginning to be defined and critiqued, although it has been used, implied and decried by composers, performers, listeners and critics for centuries. Irony in popular music is especially worthy of study because it is pervasive, even fundamental to the music, the business of making music and the politics of messaging. Contributors to this collection address a... Read more

This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture

Biography

Katherine L. Turner holds a Ph.D. in Musicology and a doctoral portfolio in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Texas, Austin. Her interest in irony in popular music stems from the mythology surrounding her favorite childhood song, 'Ring Around the Rosie.' Additional research interests include the musical culture and education of early modern women and the music of the Long Civil Rights Era. She is currently working on a monograph of the anti-lynching song 'Strange Fruit.'

"It is certainly required reading for any who are interested in the ways irony can be used and understood in popular music."

- Melvin Backstrom, Department of Music Research, McGill University

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