{"product_id":"music-a-subversive-history-ted-gioia","title":"Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia HCDJ VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover with DJ in Very Good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA preeminent music historian and critic presents a global history of music from the bottom up\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who created musical revolutions and instead celebrate the mainstream assimilators who borrowed innovations, diluted their impact, and disguised their sources. In \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusic: A Subversive History\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Ted Gioia reclaims the story of music for the riffraff, insurgents, and provocateurs.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGioia tells a four-thousand-year history of music as a global source of power, change, and upheaval. He shows how social outcasts have repeatedly become trailblazers of musical expression: slaves and their descendants, for instance, have repeatedly reinvented music, from ancient times all the way to the jazz, reggae, and hip-hop sounds of the current day.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusic: A Subversive History\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning of music, from Sappho to the Sex Pistols to Spotify.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44012757909731,"sku":"EXL002480","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/files\/43886050.jpg?v=1695926985","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/music-a-subversive-history-ted-gioia","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}