Music: styles & genres books

A cultural history of the relationship between music and trance in America, from the early colonial era to the Jazz...  Read More >>

This book presents an innovative method of musical analysis based on C. G. Jung's theory of archetypes to examine...  Read More >>

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‘This is the truth as we know it. I have read so much about what people think they know about Michael, but this...  Read More >>

In Rethinking Elvis, popular music scholars and historians look beyond Elvis' iconography to shine a light on the...  Read More >>

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In his most personal work yet, Grammy Award–winning rapper 2 Chainz shares...  Read More >>

This is the story of the boy from Brixton who became one of the most legendary artists and musicians of the 20th...  Read More >>

Over a career spanning more than five decades, Taylor has become one of the most beloved musicians of all time....  Read More >>

The Bene Israel are a Jewish community from western India who, over centuries, developed a distinctive identity...  Read More >>

The Doobie Brothers On Track tells the story of a band that helped define one of the most transformative decades...  Read More >>

This Element studies music in 'nostalgia mode', reproducing perfected versions of existing sounds, and hauntological...  Read More >>

DISCO! Music, Image, Dance takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring disco's untold stories--sonic, visual,...  Read More >>

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The Bene Israel are a Jewish community from western India who, over centuries, developed a distinctive identity...  Read More >>

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This biography explores the inspiring story of one of the world’s greatest entertainers, from humble beginnings...  Read More >>

Discover the global infatuation with the K-Pop superstars in The Little Guide to BTS.  Read More >>

This Element studies music in 'nostalgia mode', reproducing perfected versions of existing sounds, and hauntological...  Read More >>

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking...  Read More >>

Music has always been profoundly transnational, transcending language barriers and crossing borders in ways that...  Read More >>

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse brings a new contribution to discussions on the difference between...  Read More >>

Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism presents a dynamic and much-needed fresh analysis of Black gendering and...  Read More >>

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking...  Read More >>

Music has always been profoundly transnational, transcending language barriers and crossing borders in ways that...  Read More >>