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Weird Al : seriously
- Title
- Weird Al : seriously / Lily E. Hirsch ; foreword by Dr. Demento.
- Author
- Hirsch, Lily E., 1979-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JNE 21-110 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Dr. Demento
- Description
- xxvi, 209 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This is the first book to address in a serious way the impact of the music of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Through original interviews with the man himself, Lily Hirsch addresses Yankovic's relationship to past parody songs and his unique approach to the art form, inviting music enthusiasts of all stripes to reconsider Yankovic's music"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: still Weird Al -- This is the life -- The prince of pop parody -- Policing and playing with language -- Sugar and spice and everything almost nice -- The art of self-deprecation -- President Al -- The woke joke -- Junking gender -- Al-most famous -- Last laugh.
- Call Number
- JNE 21-110
- ISBN
- 9781538124994
- 1538124998
- LCCN
- 2019038951
- OCLC
- 1112201898
- Author
- Hirsch, Lily E., 1979- author.
- Title
- Weird Al : seriously / Lily E. Hirsch ; foreword by Dr. Demento.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.
- Added Author
- Dr. Demento, writer of foreword.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Hirsch, Lily E., 1979- Weird Al Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2020. 9781538125007 (DLC) 2019038952
- Research Call Number
- JNE 21-110