Girls rock! : fifty years of women making music / / Mina Carson, Tisa Lewis, Susan M. Shaw ; with a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards

• Autore: Carson Mina Julia
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.66/082
• Soggetto topico: Women rock musicians; Feminism and music; Rock music - History and criticism; Music - Social aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): LewisTisa; ShawSusan M <1960-> (Susan Maxine); BaumgardnerJennifer; RichardsAmy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Girls with guitars -- Sex, race, and rock'n'roll -- The singer and the song -- The girls in the band -- Imagine my surprise! : the women's music movement -- Who's that girl? : women and image in rock 'n'roll -- The business -- Survival : ("pretty good for a girl").
• Sommario/riassunto: With a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards Girls Rock! explores the many ways women have defined themselves as rock musicians in an industry once dominated and controlled by men. Integrating history, feminist analysis, and developmental theory, the authors describe how and why women have become rock musicians -- what inspires them to play and perform, how they write, what their music means to them, and what they hope their music means to listeners. As these musicians tell their stories, topics emerge that illuminate broader trends in rock's history. From Wanda Jackson's revolutio
• Titolo autorizzato: Girls rock
• ISBN: 0-8131-2904-4; 0-8131-5010-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826701603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II