The Sex Revolts
Gender, Rebellion & Rock n'Roll
Serpent's Tail (Publisher)
Published on 15. January 1995
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-85242-396-4 (ISBN)
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Description
The Sex Revolts is the first book to look at rebellion and rock ?n? roll through the lens of gender. It finds a paradox at the heart of rock music - it is often 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 Pistos, and Nirvana) and the psychedelic mystics (Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett and Brian Eno) that make up the rock?n?roll pantheon. And it traces the secret history of female rebellion in rock, from Patti Smith and Kate Bush through the Slits and Siouxsie to contemporary artists like Hole and PJ Harvey. A rich cocktail of rock criticism, cultural studies and feminist theory, The Sex Revolts is set to become the key text in the women-in-rock debate.
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85242-396-4 (9781852423964)
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Persons
Simon Reynolds and Joy Press are married and live in New York. Joy Press is the literary editor of the VLS, the literary supplement to the Village Voice. Simon Reynolds is the author of Blissed Out. 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.