[ebooks] Radical Shakespeare: Politics and Stagecraft in the Early Career (Routledge Studies in Shakespeare) by Chris Fitter at Arts-Photography

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Musicians strive to ldquo;keep it realrdquo;; listeners condemn ldquo;fakesrdquo;; ... but does great music really need to be authentic?Did Elvis sing from the heart; or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic; and why do music buffs fall for it every time? By investigating this obsession in the last century through the stories of John Lennon; Kurt Cobain; Jimmie Rodgers; Donna Summer; Leadbelly; Neil Young; Moby; and others; Faking It rethinks what makes popular music work. Along the way; the authors discuss the segregation of music in the South; investigate the predominance of self-absorption in modern pop; reassess the rebellious ridiculousness of rockabilly and disco; and delineate how the quest for authenticity has not only made some music great and some music terrible but also shaped in a fundamental way the development of popular music in our time.