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Women Icons of Popular Music [Two Volumes] The Rebels, Rockers, and Renegades
Carrie Havranek
Book Code: GR4083
ISBN: 0-313-34083-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34083-3
568 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2008
List Price: $175.00 (UK Sterling Price: £100.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 7 x 10
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Series Title: Greenwood Icons
Description: Popular music owes greatly to the spirit of rebellion. In all of its diversified, experimental, modern-day micro-genres, music's roots were first watered by good old-fashioned social dissension- its incendiary heights pushed heavenward by radicals and rogue revolutionaries. And perhaps none are more influential and non-conformist than women. Always first in line to give convention a sound thrashing, women in music have penned sonic masterpieces, championed sweeping social movements, and breathed life into sounds yet unimagined. Today's guitar-wielding heroines continue to blaze the trail, tapping reservoirs and soundscapes still unknown to their male counterparts- hell hath no fury like a woman with an amplifier. Women Icons of Popular Music puts the limelight on 24 legendary artists who challenged the status quo and dramatically expanded the possibilities of women in the highly competitive music world. Using critical acclaim and artistic integrity as benchmarks of success, this can't-put-down resource features rich biographical and musical analyses of a diverse array of musicians from country, pop, rock, R&B, soul, indie, and hip-hop. It goes beyond the shorter, less detailed biographical information found in many "women in rock" compendiums by giving readers a more in-depth understanding of these artists as individuals, as well as providing a larger context-social, musical, political, and personal-for their success and legacy. Among the featured:
  • Patsy Cline
  • Diana Ross
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Joan Baez
  • Janis Joplin
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Carole King
  • Patti Smith
  • Tina Turner
  • Madonna
  • Tori Amos
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Ani DiFranco
    Highlighted in sidebars throughout are related trends, movements, events, and issues to give readers a broad perspective of the defining moments in music and pop culture history. With discographies, illustrations, and a print and electronic resource guide, Women Icons of Popular Music is a rousing, insightful resource for students and music fans alike.
    • Table of Contents:
    • Contents
    • List of Photos
    • Series Foreword
    • Preface/Intro
    • Acknowledgments
    • Timeline
    • Volume One
    • Tori Amos
    • Joan Baez
    • Mary J. Blige
    • Patsy Cline
    • Ani DiFranco
    • Missy Elliott
    • Aretha Franklin
    • Emmylou Harris
    • Debbie Harry
    • Chrissie Hynde
    • The Indigo Girls
    • Janis Joplin
    • Volume Two
    • Carole King
    • Madonna
    • Sarah McLachlan
    • Joni Mitchell
    • Dolly Parton
    • Liz Phair
    • Bonnie Raitt
    • Linda Ronstadt
    • Diana Ross
    • Patti Smith
    • Tina Turner
    • Suzanne Vega
    • Select Bibliography
    LC Card Number: 2008027475
    LCC Class: ML82
    Dewey Class: 782
    PDF Catalogs:
    Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
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