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In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages. From Follow Washington to I Like Ike to I Got a Crush on Obama, they describe the ways that song use by and for presidential candidates has evolved, including the addition of lyrics to familiar songs, the current trend of using existing popular music to connect with voters, and the rapid change of music's relationship to presidential campaigns due to Internet sites like YouTube, JibJab, and Facebook. Readers are ultimately treated to an entertaining account of American political development through popular music and the complex, two-way relationship between music and presidential campaigns.Product Identifiers
PublisherLexington Books
ISBN-139780739165478
eBay Product ID (ePID)111683527
Product Key Features
Number of Pages318 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDon't Stop Thinking about the Music: the Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns
Publication Year2011
SubjectPolitics
TypeTextbook
AuthorBenjamin S. Schoening, Eric T. Kasper
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height230 mm
Item Weight454 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorBenjamin S. Schoening, Eric T. Kasper