Cinderella's Big Score by Maria Raha

Cinderella's Big Score by Maria Raha

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A tribute to the transgressive women of the underground music scene, who not only rocked as hard as the boys, but also tested the limits of what is culturally acceptable"even in the anarchic world of punk rock.

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Cinderella's Big Score by Maria Raha

Cinderella's Big Score celebrates the contributions of punk's oft-overlooked female artists, explores the latent,and not so latent,sexism of indie rock (so often thought of as the hallowed ground of progressive movements), and tells the story of how these women created spaces for themselves in a sometimes limited or exclusionary environment. The indie music world is littered with females who have not only withstood the racket of punk's intolerance, but have twisted our societal notions of femininity in knots.Raha focuses on the United States and England in the 70s and 80s, and illuminates how the seminal women of this time shaped the female rockers of the 90s and today. Groups profiled range from The Runaways, The Slits, and The Plasmatics to L7, Sleater-Kinney, and Le Tigre. The book includes women not often featured in "women in rock" titles, such as Exene Cervenka of X, Eve Libertine and Joy de Vivre of Crass, and Poison Ivy Rorschach of the Cramps. Includes rare interviews and more than forty B&W photos.
Maria Raha works for Spin and Vibe magazines, and has written for Time Out New York, and Bitch. She lives in New York City.Kim Gordon is the bass player and vocalist of Sonic Youth. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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ISBN 13 9781580051163
ISBN 10 1580051162
Title Cinderella's Big Score
Author Maria Raha
Series Live Girls Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Seal Press
Year published 2004-12-31
Number of pages 380
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.