The sex revolts : gender, rebellion, and rock 'n' roll

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Label

The sex revolts : gender, rebellion, and rock 'n' roll

Title remainder

gender, rebellion, and rock 'n' roll

Statement of responsibility

Simon Reynolds and Joy Press

Creator

• Reynolds, Simon, 1963-

Contributor

• Press, Joy, 1966-

Subject

• Popmuziek
• Feminismus
• Sekseverschillen
• Feminisme
• Rockmusikerin
• Women rock musicians
• Sexism in music
• Rock music -- History and criticism
• USA
• Feminism and music
• Rockmusik
• Music -- Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

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 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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

781.66/082

Index

index present

LC call number

ML82

LC item number

.R53 1995

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography