The Words and Music of Taylor Swift
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The Words and Music of Taylor Swift

  1. 136 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Words and Music of Taylor Swift

About this book

This scholarly analysis of the music of Taylor Swift identifies how and why she is one of the early 21st century's most recognizable and most popular stars. By the age of 13, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift had already inked a development deal with a major record label. This early milestone was an appropriate predictor of what accomplishments were to come. Now a superstar artist with an international fanbase of millions and several critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums, Swift has established herself as one of the most important musicians of the 21st century. This accessible book serves Taylor Swift fans as well as students of contemporary popular music and popular culture, critically examining all of this young artist's work to date. The book's organization is primarily chronological, covering Taylor Swift's album and single releases in order of release date while also documenting the elements of her music and personality that have made her popular with fans of country music and pop music across a surprisingly diverse age range of listeners. The chapters address how Swift's songs have been viewed by some fans as anthems of empowerment or messages of encouragement, particularly by members of the LGBTQ community, those who have been bullied or been seen as outsiders, and emerging artists. The final chapter places Swift's work and her public persona in the context of her times with respect to her use of and relationship with technology—for example, her use of social media and songwriting technology—and her expressions of a new type of feminism that is unlike the feminism of the 1970s.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781440852947
eBook ISBN
9798216168027

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Series Foreword, by James E. Perone
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1. Introduction
  8. 2. Becoming Fearless
  9. 3. The “Mean” Era
  10. 4. 1989 and Beyond
  11. 5. Beyond Music
  12. 6. The Singer or the Song?
  13. 7. Conclusions: A Woman of Her Time
  14. Annotated Discography
  15. Annotated Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. About the Author