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ARTISTS
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by Sha Frasier.the Continuing Education Project.New York.

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The arguments that run across rhapsode, each set out through the critics and scholars who made it.

  • Authenticity and its discontents

    • Cultural capital

      • Cultural omnivorousness

        • Lost futures

          • Pop as craft

            • The color line in pop

              • The pop factory

                • The song in film

                  • The songwriter-performer divide

                    • The transatlantic feedback loop


                      Published June 2, 2026

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