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Good booty : love and sex, black & white, body and soul in American music / Ann Powers.

By: Publisher: New York : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: xxvi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062463692
  • 0062463691
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML3477 .P69 2017
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, BeyonceÌ, and the virtual frontier -- Epilogue.
Summary: "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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-384) and index.

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, BeyonceÌ, and the virtual frontier -- Epilogue.

"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.

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