history and criticism

Presents an overview of hip hop music and culture, covering its history, trends, artists, and placing it in the larger context of global media, racial attitudes, urban politics, and pop music.

Traces the development and politics of hip-hop music from its origins in the 1960s during the civil rights movement, highlighting ten artists who have made significant contributions to the genre and its sociopolitical context.

Explores how the women's musical revolution of the 1960s, in which, for the first time in history, women out-charted their male counterpoints on the Top 20 charts, impacted the music industry.

Presents more than thirty pieces of music writing from 2003 by such writers as Roy Kasten, Jessica Hopper, and Elizabeth M?ndez Berry on such musicians as Lauryn Hill, Willie Nelson, 50 Cent, and Eminem.

Traces the history of disco music, discussing how it originated during the social and economic upheaval that defined New York City in the 1970s and the impact it has had on American popular culture.

A collection of interviews in which some of today's most popular and innovative comic artists offer insight into the creative process, their influences and inspirations, and the history of comics.

A detailed overview of fairy tales that focuses on the influence of the Brothers Grimm, discussing the origins of the Grimm fairy tales and the influence they have had on the fairy tale tradition; includes 116 of the Grimm fairy tales, each accompanied by an introduction and annotations.

Examines how the story lines and characters from C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" were influenced by biblical truth.