Overview
- Provides the first full-length critical analysis of Eminem's lyrics
- Affords the same rigorous analysis to hip-hop lyrics as would be applied to any great writer's body of work
- Looks at a variety of different aspects within popular music including lyrics, image, and video
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About this book
In terms of lyrical content, no area has been off-limits to Eminem, and he has written about domestic violence, murder, rape, child abuse, incest, drug addiction, and torture during his career. But whilst he will always be associated with these dark subjects, Mathers has also explored fatherhood, bereavement, mental illness, poverty, friendship, and love within his lyrics, and the juxtaposition between these very different themes (sometimes within the same song), make his lyrics complex, deep, and deserving of proper critical discussion.
The first full-length monograph concerning Eminem's lyrics, this book affords the same rigorous analysis to a hip-hop artist as would be applied to any great writer's body of work; such analysis of 'popular' music is often overlooked. In addition to his rich exploration of Eminem's lyrics, Fosbraey furthermore delves into a variety of different aspects within popular music including extra-verbal elements, image, video, and surrounding culture.
This critical study of his work will be an invaluable resource to academics working in the fields of Popular Music, English Literature, or Cultural Studies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reading Eminem
Book Subtitle: A Critical, Lyrical Analysis
Authors: Glenn Fosbraey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79626-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79625-9Published: 25 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79628-0Published: 26 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79626-6Published: 24 August 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 212
Topics: Music, American Culture, Literature, general