Title:
Good booty : love and sex, black & white, body and soul in American music / Ann Powers.
Author:
Powers, Ann, 1964-
Publication Information:
New York : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]
Call Number:
ML3477 .P69 2017
Abstract:
"In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic examines how popular music shapes fundamental American ideas and beliefs, allowing us to communicate difficult emotions and truths about our most fraught social issues, most notably sex and race."--Provided by publisher.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780062463692
Physical Description:
xxvi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- The taboo baby -- That da da strain: shimmying, shaking, sexology -- Let it breathe on me: spiritual erotics -- Teen dreams and grown-up urges -- The sexual revolution and its discontents -- Hard and soft realities -- Oh no, it hurts: AIDS, Reagan, and the backlash -- Hungry cyborgs: Britney, Beyoncé, and the virtual frontier -- Epilogue.
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