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The Man Plague: Disco, the Lucifer Myth, and the Theology of “It's Raining Men”

2010; Wiley; Volume: 43; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00780.x

1540-5931

Thomas Aiello,

Violence, Religion, and Philosophy

The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 43, Issue 5 p. 926-941 The Man Plague: Disco, the Lucifer Myth, and the Theology of “It's Raining Men” THOMAS AIELLO, THOMAS AIELLO Valdosta State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author THOMAS AIELLO, THOMAS AIELLO Valdosta State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 28 September 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00780.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Works Cited Anselm of Canterbury. “ On the Fall of the Devil. Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works. Eds. Brian Davies, and Gil Evans. New York: Oxford UP, 1998. 193–232. Augustine. The City of God. New York: Modern Library, 1950. Bullis, Helen. “Revolt of the Angels.”New York Times 18 Oct. 1914: BR445. Bronson, Fred. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. 5th ed. New York: Billboard, 2003. Forsyth, Neil. The Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1987. Hadad, Claudette Jabara, and Henry Hadad. “Biography.” Olga Music Inc. 20 Aug. 2005. 8 Apr. 2008 〈http://www.pauljabara.com/home.html〉. Holy Bible. King James Version. Holy Qur'an. Trans. Amatul Rahman Omar and Abdul Mannan Omar. Hockessin, DE: Noor Foundation-International, 1997. “It's Raining Men.” 1 Feb. 2002. 8 Apr. 2008 〈http://www.lyricsdownload.com/weather-girls-its-raining-men-lyrics.html〉. “It's Raining Men.” 20 Mar. 2003 8 Apr. 2008 〈http://www.lyrics4all.net/t/the-weather-girls/u/its-raining-men.php〉. “It's Raining Men.” 9 Aug. 2003. 8 Apr. 2008 〈http://www.lyricscrawler.com/song/45692.html〉. Jabara, Paul, and Paul Shaffer. It's Raining Men. The Disco Collection. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Co. Inc., 1982. 10 May 2008 〈http://www.musicnotes.com〉. Joe, Radcliffe A. This Business of Disco. New York: Billboard, 1980. Knutzen, Eirik. “Un-Hip, Un-Hip, Hurrah!”The Toronto Star 27 June 1987: S16. Larkin, Colin Fantasy Records. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 2nd Edition, Vol. 2, Clarke, Kenny-Gleason, Jackie. Ed. Colin Larkin. New York: Stockton Press, 1995. 1408–1409. Larkin, Colin. Weather Girls. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 2nd Edition, Vol. 6, Threepenny Opera-ZZ Top. Ed. Colin Larkin. New York: Stockton Press, 1995. 4408. McCollum, Mildred, and Betty Flora. Arts and the Devil. The English Journal 49 (1960): 464–468. Milton, John. Cook 1: The Argument. Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost. Ed. Isaac Asimov. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1974. Morgan, Roberta. Disco. New York: Bell Publishing, 1979. Perrone, Pierre. “Obituary: Izora Rhodes-Armstead, Singer with the Weather Girls.”The Independent 27 Sept. 2004: 35. Revard, Stella. Milton's Critique of Heroic Warfare in Paradise Lost V and VI. Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900 7. (Winter 1967): 119–139. Romanowski, Patricia, and Holly George-Warren. Weather Girls. The New Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. Eds. Patricia Romanowski and Holly George-Warren. New York: Rolling Stone Press, 1995. 1062. Rudwin, Maximilian. The Devil in Legend and Literature. New York: AMS Press, 1931. Russell, Jeffrey Burton. Satan: The Early Christian Tradition. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1981. Russell, Jeffrey Burton. Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1984. Russell, Jeffrey Burton. The Historical Satan. The Satanism Scare. Eds. James T. Richardson, Joel Best, and David G. Bromley. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1991. 41–48. Shapiro, Peter. Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco. New York: Faber and Faber, 2005. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Essay On the Devil and Devils. Shelley's Prose, or The Trumpet of a Prophecy. Ed. David Lee Clark. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 1954. 264–275. Sjoo, Monica, and Barbara Mor. The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth. New York: Harper, 1987. Sjoo, Monica, and Barbara Mor. The New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. New York: Crown Publishers, 1987. Volume43, Issue5October 2010Pages 926-941 ReferencesRelatedInformation