Publisher's Synopsis
The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates is a collection of readings following the evolution of American popular music from the 1920's to the present. Pulling together articles, excerpts, and critical commentary from scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and biographies, this volume introduces students to important social and cultural issues raised by the study of popular music. Chapter introductions and headnotes supply contextual background for the documents, provide links between different eras and genres, explain the issues raised by the documents, and clarify the cultural and historical importance of the selections. Covering a broad span of styles, genres, and social issues, this reader provides a vivid history of pop, rock, and soul in America.
