This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture
| By: | Turner, Katherine L., Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781472442598 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781472442611 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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 variety of musical ironies found in the