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Studying musicians such as Frank Zappa, Nickleback, Taylor Swift, and the Insane Clown Posse, and musical phenomena such as musician jokes, the use of music to torture people, and the playing of music in restaurants, this book shows the various and contradictory ways insults are used to negotiate those existing dynamics in and around music.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50463944114449,"sku":"NGR9783031164651","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52144647667985,"sku":"NLS9783031164651","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/3031164652.jpg?v=1750902040"},{"product_id":"taking-funny-music-seriously-book-lily-e-hirsch-9780253069955","title":"Taking Funny Music Seriously","description":"Take funny music seriously! Though often dismissed as silly or derivative, funny music, Lily E. 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