- Introduction
- I. 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
- 1. Angry Young Men: Precursors and Prototypes for Rock Rebellion
- II. Into the Mystic
- 1. From Rebellion to Grace: The Psychedelic 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
- III. 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
The Sex Revolts
Gender, Rebellion, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Product Details
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$40.00 • £34.95 • €36.95
ISBN 9780674802735
Publication Date: 10/01/1996
Awards & Accolades
- A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 1995
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