The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock'N'Roll
by Simon Reynolds, Joy Press
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Iggy Pop once said of women: "However close they come I'll always pull the rug from under them. That's where my music is made." For so long, rock 'n' roll has been fueled by this fear and loathing of the feminine. The Sex Revolts captures the paradox at rock's dark heart--the music is often most thrilling when it is most misogynist and macho. And, looking at music made by female artists, it asks: must it always be this way? The book walks the line between a rock fan's excitement and a show more critic's awareness of the music's murky undercurrents. Here are the angry young men like the Stones and Sex Pistols, cutting free from home and mother; here are the warriors and crusaders, The Clash, Public Enemy, and U2 taking refuge in a brotherhood-in-arms; and here are the would-be supermen, with their man-machine fantasies and delusions of grandeur, from Led Zeppelin and Jim Morrison to Nick Cave and gangsta rap. The authors unravel the mystical, back-to-the-womb longings of the psychedelic tradition, from Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and Van Morrison to Brian Eno, My Bloody Valentine, and ambient techno. Alongside the story of male rock, The Sex Revolts traces the secret history of female rebellion in rock: the masquerade and mystique of Kate Bush, Siouxie, and Grace Jones, the demystifiers of femininity, like the Slits and Riot Grrl, tomboy rockers like L7 and P.J. Harvey, and confessional artists like Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, and Courtney Love. --From publisher's description. show lessTags
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Joy Press in the editor of the "Voice Literary Supplement". She has written about books and arts for numerous publications and is the coauthor of "The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock 'n' Roll". She lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Music, Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction, History
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- 781.66 — Arts & recreation Music General principles and musical forms Traditions of music Rock (Rock 'n' roll)
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- ML82 .R53 — Music Literature on music Literature on music Aspects of the field of music as a whole
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