Mortality and Music

Popular Music and the Awareness of Death

By:

Christopher Partridge

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music

Show Hide Adult Content

$466.99

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $116.75 with Afterpay Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 1-11 July using International Courier

Description

The evidence of death and dying has been removed from the everyday lives of most Westerners. Yet we constantly live with the awareness of our vulnerability as mortals. Drawing on a range of genres, bands and artists, Mortality and Music examines the ways in which popular music has responded to our awareness of the inevitability of death and the anxiety it can evoke. Exploring bereavement, depression, suicide, violence, gore, and fans’ responses to the deaths of musicians, it argues for the social and cultural significance of popular music’s treatment of mortality and the apparent absurdity of existence.

Author Biography:

Christopher Partridge is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK. Recent publications include The Occult World (2014, ed.,), The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred and the Profane (2013), Dub in Babylon (2010), and Holy Terror: Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture (2010, ed.,). He is co-editor of Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music.

Release date Australia

August 27th, 2015

Author

Christopher Partridge

Series

Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music

Pages

240

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Dimensions

156x234x25

ISBN-13

9781472534514

Product ID

22817980

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here