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The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock ‘n’ Roll

  • Author: Reynolds, Simon
This is rock criticism on the high slopes, brave, rigorous and endlessly well-read. The book's grand themes are sustained throughout and the authors are endlessly interesting, even about the... More…

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Contents

  • *
  • Introduction *
  • Part 1 : Rebel Misogynies *
  • 1. Angry Young Men: Precursors and Prototypes for Rock Rebellion *Rebel without a Cause * Look Back in Anger * Jack Kerouac * Timothy Leary * Ken Keasy * The Rolling Stones *
  • 2. She's Hit: Songs of Fear and Loathing * The Rolling Stones * John's Children * Garage Punk * Led Zepplin * Roxy Music * Tim Rose * Nick Cave *River's Edge *
  • 3. Careers in Misogyny: The Strangers and Malcolm McLaren *
  • 4. Born to Run: Wanderlust, Wilderness, and the Cult of Speed * The Doors * The Rolling Stones * PiL * Gang of Four * Morrissey * Bob Dylan * Bruce Springsteen * Tom Petty * Iggy Pop * Lynard Skynard *Easy Rider * Neil Young * Kraftwerk * Hardcore Techno
  • 5. Brothers in Arms: Combat Rock and Other Stories for Boys * The Clash * Thin Lizzy * The Manic Street Preachers * Public Enemy * U2 *
  • 6. Flirting with the Void: Abjection in Rock * The Stooges * The Sex Pistols * Throbbing Gristle * Birthday Party * Scratch Acid * Grindcore * Alice in Chains * Nirvana * Henry Rollins * Devo *
  • 7. Wargasm: Metal and Machine Music * The Futurists * Kraftwerk * Techno * Motorhead * Iggy Pop * Radio Birdman * David Bowie * Led Zepplin * The Young Gods *
  • 8. I Am the King: Delusions of Grandeur from Jim Morrison to Gangsta Rap * Jim Morrison * The Sex Pistols * Guns N' Roses * Nick Cave * Lou Reed * Jane's Addiction * Eldridge Cleaver * LL Cool J * Miles Davis * Sly Stone * Gangsta Rap *
  • 9. My Way: The Cult of the Psychopath * The White Negro * Jim Morrison * Charles Manson * Sid Vicious * Big Black *Slacker * Apocalypse Culture *
  • Part 2 : Into the Mystic *
  • 1. From Rebellion to Grace: The Pscyhedelic Mother's Boy *
  • 2. Back to Eden: Innocence, Indolence and Pastoralism * Mod * Marc Bolan * The Incredible String Band * The Byrds * West Coast Psychedelia * Van Morrison * Pink Floyd * Dreampop * Rave * Ambient House * The Orb * Dub Reggae * Ultramarine *
  • 3. Starsailing: Cosmic Rock * John Cage * John Coltrane * The Byrds * Jimi Hendrix * Tim Buckley * Pink Floyd *
  • 4. Flow Motion: Can, Eno and Oceanic Rock * Can * Brian Eno * Robert Wyatt * Miles Davis * A.R. Kane *
  • 5. Soft Boys: Nostalgia, Incest, and Zen Apathy * Jimi Hendrix * Morrissey * John Lennon * Elvis * My Bloody Valentine *
  • Part 3 : Lift Up Your Skirt and Speak *
  • 1. Double Allegiances: The History of Rock *
  • 2. One of the Boys: Female Machisma * Patti Smith * Chrissie Hynde * Kate Bush * P.J. Harvey * Suzi Quatro * Joan Jett * Heart * Kim Gordon * L7 *
  • 3. Open Your Heart: Confession and Catharsis from Janis Joplin to Courtney Love * Sinead O'Connor * Suzanne Vega * Joni Mitchell * Liz Phair * Lydia Lunch * Hole * Babes in Toyland * Tori Amos * Janis Joplin * Bessie Smith *
  • 4. Woman Unbound: Hysterics, Witches, and Mystics * Lydia Lunch * Diamanda Galas * Stevie Nicks * Kate Bush * Siouxsie * Sandy Denny * Cocteau Twins *
  • 5. Who's That Girl? Masquerade and Mastery * X-Ray Spex * Siouxsie * Grace Jones * Donna Summer * Annie Lennox * Joan Armatrading * Janet Jackson * Queen Latifa * Salt-n-Pepa * Grace Slick * Nico *
  • 6. Un-Typical Girls: Post-Punk Demystification * The Slits * The Raincoats * The Au Pairs * Delta 5 * Bush Tetras *
  • 7. What a Drag: Post-Feminism and Pop * Altered Images * Madonna *Paris Is Burning *
  • 8. There's a Riot Going On: Grrrls against Boy-Rock * Riot Grrrl * Bikini Kill * Huggy Bear *
  • 9. Body's in Trouble * Mary Margaret O'Hara * Suzanne Vega * Hugo Largo * P.J. Harvey * Throwing Muses * Babes in Toyland * Siouxsie * Hole * Lunachicks *
  • 10. Adventures Close to Home: Domesticity's Tender Trap * Kate Bush * Lunachicks * Throwing Muses * Siouxsie * Marianne Faithfull * The Slits *
  • 11. All Fluxed Up: Rebels against Structure * Patti Smith * Joni Mitchell * Rickie Lee Jones * The Raincoats * Throwing Muses * Mary Margaret O'Hara * Dead Can Dance * Bjork * Diamanda Galas * Yoko Ono * Afterword * Notes *
  • Bibliography *
  • Index