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Knippling, Jim – CEA Forum, 2013
For the author, the key analytic question about a popular song is not "What does it mean?" or "What hidden or coded meaning does it express?" but "What does its popularity tell us about the cultural moment when it resonated with its public?" How did the song "create its audience," so to speak? Obviously, a 1973 hit song, if it could time-travel,…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Singing, Printed Materials, Cultural Context