In Defense of Popular Music [electronic resource] / Steven R. Luebke.

In his book "The Closing of the American Mind," Allan Bloom criticizes popular music for the "emptiness of its values." It has only one appeal, says Bloom, "a barbaric appeal, to sexual desire--not love, not eros, but sexual desire, undeveloped and untutored." However,...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Luebke, Steven R.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995.
Subjects:	Higher Education. Instructional Innovation. Literary Criticism. Literature Appreciation. Popular Culture. Popular Music. Rock Music. Student Needs. Undergraduate Students.