Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.
Editat de Evelyn McDonnellen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 oct 2018
A
stellar
and
unprecedented
celebration
of
104
musical
artists,
WOMEN
WHO
ROCK
is
the
most
complete,
up-to-date
history
of
the
evolution,
influence,
and
importance
of
women
in
music.
A
gorgeous
gift
book,
it
includes
a
stunning,
specially
commissioned,
full-color
illustrated
portrait
of
every
musician
and
group.
From
Bessie
Smith
and
The
Supremes
to
Joan
Baez,
Madonna,
Beyonce,
Amy
Winehouse,
Dolly
Parton,
Sleater-Kinney,
Taylor
Swift,
and
scores
more,
women
have
played
an
essential
and
undeniable
role
in
the
evolution
of
popular
music
including
blues,
rock
and
roll,
country,
folk,
glam
rock,
punk,
and
hip
hop.
Today,
in
a
world
traditionally
dominated
by
male
artists,
women
have
a
stronger
influence
on
popular
music
than
ever
before.
Yet,
not
since
the
late
nineteen-nineties
has
there
been
a
major
work
that
acknowledges
and
pays
tribute
to
the
female
artists
who
have
contributed
to,
defined,
and
continue
to
make
inroads
in
music.
In
WOMEN
WHO
ROCK,writer
and
professor
of
journalism
Evelyn
McDonnell
leads
a
team
of
women
rock
writers
and
pundits
in
an
all-out
celebration
of
104
of
the
greatest
female
musicians.
Organized
chronologically,
the
book
profiles
each
artist
and
places
her
in
the
context
of
both
her
genre
and
the
musical
world
at
large.
Sidebars
throughout
recall
key
moments
that
shaped
both
the
trajectory
of
music
and
how
those
moments
influenced
or
were
influenced
by
women
artists.
With
full-color
illustrated
portraits
by
women
artists,
WOMEN
WHO
ROCK
will
be
THE
long-awaited
gift
book
for
every
music
fan,
feminist,
and
female
rocker,
young
and
old
musicians.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316558877
ISBN-10: 0316558877
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 208 x 258 x 42 mm
Greutate: 1.54 kg
Editura: Running Press
Colecția Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN-10: 0316558877
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 208 x 258 x 42 mm
Greutate: 1.54 kg
Editura: Running Press
Colecția Black Dog & Leventhal
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Notă biografică
Evelyn McDonnell is associate professor of journalism at Loyola Marymount University. She has been writing about popular culture and society for more than 20 years. She is the author of four books: Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways, Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids and Rock 'n' Roll, Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible Bjork and Rent by Jonathan Larson. She coedited the anthologies Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop and Rap and Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth. She lives in Los Angeles.
Recenzii
"It's
about
damned
time
there
was
a
collection
dedicated
to
major
women
musicians.Women
Who
Rockis
a
neon-pink
compendium
of
odes
to
legends
past
and
present...[It]
takes
the
rallying
cry
"Girls
to
the
front"
to
another
level."—Vulture
Descriere
A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence, and importance of women in music. A gorgeous gift book, it includes a stunning, specially commissioned, full-color illustrated portrait of every musician and group.
From Bessie Smith and The Supremes to Joan Baez, Madonna, Beyonce, Amy Winehouse, Dolly Parton, Sleater-Kinney, Taylor Swift, and scores more, women have played an essential and undeniable role in the evolution of popular music including blues, rock and roll, country, folk, glam rock, punk, and hip hop. Today, in a world traditionally dominated by male artists, women have a stronger influence on popular music than ever before. Yet, not since the late nineteen-nineties has there been a major work that acknowledges and pays tribute to the female artists who have contributed to, defined, and continue to make inroads in music.
In WOMEN WHO ROCK, writer and professor of journalism Evelyn McDonnell leads a team of women rock writers and pundits in an all-out celebration of 104 of the greatest female musicians. Organized chronologically, the book profiles each artist and places her in the context of both her genre and the musical world at large. Sidebars throughout recall key moments that shaped both the trajectory of music and how those moments influenced or were influenced by women artists.
With full-color illustrated portraits by women artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK will be THE long-awaited gift book for every music fan, feminist, and female rocker, young and old musicians.