Media coverage of the suicide of kurt cobain

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“The voice of a generation”? Media coverage of the suicide of Kurt Cobain
Sharon R. Mazzarellaa a Assistant Professor of Television-Radio, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York

To cite this Article Mazzarella, Sharon R.(1995) '“The voice of a generation”? Media coverage of the suicide of Kurt

Cobain', Popular Music and Society, 19: 2, 49 — 68 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/03007769508591591 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03007769508591591

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"The Voice of a Generation"? Media Coverage of the Suicide of Kurt Cobain
Sharon R. Mazzarella
Nobody ever described Vincent van Gogh or Sylvia Plath as generational icons. —Michael