Faber Book of Pop by Jon Savage

Faber Book of Pop by Jon Savage

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Charting the course of pop from its underground origins, through its low- and high-art phases, out to the mainstream, this book takes in fiction, reportage, fashion, art and fantasy, as filtered through pop music. It includes work by authors such as Joe Orton, Roddy Doyle and Malcolm X.

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Faber Book of Pop by Jon Savage

'A delicious, presumptuous, epic, thali of a book.' Independent'Kureishi and Savage have effectively compiled a radical new testament of Pop.' ObserverThis original collection charts the course of Pop from its underground origins through its low and high art phases to its current omnipresence; it takes in fiction, reportage, fashion, art and fantasy as filtered through Pop music, and includes work by authors such as Joe Orton, Angela Carter and Malcolm X.

Jon Savage is the author of the New York Times best-sellers 1966, England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Music, and Teenage: The Making of Youth, 1875-1945. He's written sleeve notes for Wire, St. Vincent, and others. Meridian 1970, Queer Noises: From the Closet to the Charts 1961-1976, and Dreams Come True: Vintage Electro 1982-87 are just a few of the anthologies he's released.

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ISBN 13 9780571179800
ISBN 10 0571179800
Title Faber Book of Pop
Author Jon Savage
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2002-11-04
Number of pages 896
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.