The Sex Revolts by Simon Reynolds
The Sex Revolts is the first book to look at rebellion and rock ?n? roll through the lens of gender. It argues that rock music is most thrilling when it is most misogynist and macho. Provocative and passionately argued, the book walks the tightrope between a rock fan?s excitement, and a critic?s awareness of the music?s darker undercurrents. It sheds new light on the angry young men (The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Iggy Pop, The Sex Pistols, and Nirvana) and the psychedelic mystics (Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett and Brian Eno) that make up the rock?n?roll pantheon. The Sex Revolts is rich cocktail of rock criticism, cultural studies and feminist theory.
?What Reynolds and Press have achieved with The Sex Revolts is formidable: we may never be able to listen to rock music in the same way again? Observer ?Intelligent writing about rock music is rare..Of course, dull rock biographies will still sell more copies, but this book may well spark its readers into making a few cultural excavations of their own? Independent on Sunday ?Reynolds and Press have opened up a new frontier of critical dissension and contumely. For that, all those who love rock should salute them? New Statesman
Joy Press is a freelance writer and co-author of The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock'N'Roll (along with husband Simon Reynolds). She has contributed to the Village Voice, Seattle Weekly, and Slate.com. In 2003, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awarded her second place for Arts Criticism. Press has written extensively on gender.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852422547 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852422548 |
| Title | The Sex Revolts |
| Author | Simon Reynolds |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 440 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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