Author: Lucy O'Brien
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826472087
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the original pop divas, yet eighty years after they blazed a trail, have their successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve? Or has the only was to success been to slot into saleable images of the cute baby or sexy chanteuse? Lucy O'Brien has written the ultimate hands-on history of women in rock, pop, and soul. Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield, Patti Smith, Madonna, Joni Mitchell, whitney Houston, Courtney Love, Alanis Morissette, Destiny's child - all the key names are here. But She Bop II refuses to look at women artists simply as personalities, problems or victims. From dream babes to rock chicks, riot grrrls and ragamuffins, girlpower, Lilith Fair rock and the rise of the corporate diva, She Bop II is the uncompromising story of women as creators and innovators. Lucy O'Brien is the author of two previous books: the bestsellers Annie Lennox (1991) and Dusty (1989). She has contributed to the Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Marie Claire, New Musical Express and The Face, and worked extensively in TV and radio, as both guest pundit and producer.
She Bop II
Author: Lucy O'Brien
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826472087
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the original pop divas, yet eighty years after they blazed a trail, have their successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve? Or has the only was to success been to slot into saleable images of the cute baby or sexy chanteuse? Lucy O'Brien has written the ultimate hands-on history of women in rock, pop, and soul. Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield, Patti Smith, Madonna, Joni Mitchell, whitney Houston, Courtney Love, Alanis Morissette, Destiny's child - all the key names are here. But She Bop II refuses to look at women artists simply as personalities, problems or victims. From dream babes to rock chicks, riot grrrls and ragamuffins, girlpower, Lilith Fair rock and the rise of the corporate diva, She Bop II is the uncompromising story of women as creators and innovators. Lucy O'Brien is the author of two previous books: the bestsellers Annie Lennox (1991) and Dusty (1989). She has contributed to the Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Marie Claire, New Musical Express and The Face, and worked extensively in TV and radio, as both guest pundit and producer.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826472087
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the original pop divas, yet eighty years after they blazed a trail, have their successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve? Or has the only was to success been to slot into saleable images of the cute baby or sexy chanteuse? Lucy O'Brien has written the ultimate hands-on history of women in rock, pop, and soul. Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield, Patti Smith, Madonna, Joni Mitchell, whitney Houston, Courtney Love, Alanis Morissette, Destiny's child - all the key names are here. But She Bop II refuses to look at women artists simply as personalities, problems or victims. From dream babes to rock chicks, riot grrrls and ragamuffins, girlpower, Lilith Fair rock and the rise of the corporate diva, She Bop II is the uncompromising story of women as creators and innovators. Lucy O'Brien is the author of two previous books: the bestsellers Annie Lennox (1991) and Dusty (1989). She has contributed to the Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Marie Claire, New Musical Express and The Face, and worked extensively in TV and radio, as both guest pundit and producer.
She Bop
Author: Lucy O'Brien
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1908279273
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Presents a definitive study of women in popular music, covering groundbreaking musicians from ragtime and vaudeville to punk and hip-hop, and profiles such musicians as Ella Fitzgerald, Madonna, Billie Holiday, and Lady Gaga.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1908279273
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Presents a definitive study of women in popular music, covering groundbreaking musicians from ragtime and vaudeville to punk and hip-hop, and profiles such musicians as Ella Fitzgerald, Madonna, Billie Holiday, and Lady Gaga.
She Bop II
Author: Lucy O'Brien
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826435297
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the original pop divas, yet eighty years after they blazed a trail, have their successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve? Or has the only way to success been to slot into saleable images of the cute baby or sexy chanteuse? This is the story of women as creators and innovators, aiming to provide a history of women in rock, pop and soul - on stage, on camera and working behind the scenes in a male-dominated industry. This edition contains an extra chapter and interviews covering trends such as Girlpower.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826435297
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the original pop divas, yet eighty years after they blazed a trail, have their successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve? Or has the only way to success been to slot into saleable images of the cute baby or sexy chanteuse? This is the story of women as creators and innovators, aiming to provide a history of women in rock, pop and soul - on stage, on camera and working behind the scenes in a male-dominated industry. This edition contains an extra chapter and interviews covering trends such as Girlpower.
Shoe Bop!
Author: Marilyn Singer
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525479390
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When her favorite purple tennis shoes fall apart, an almost-second-grader visits a shoe store, where she tries on footwear of all colors and styles before finding the pair that is right for her.
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525479390
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When her favorite purple tennis shoes fall apart, an almost-second-grader visits a shoe store, where she tries on footwear of all colors and styles before finding the pair that is right for her.
Charlie Parker Played be Bop
Author: Christopher Raschka
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780531070956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780531070956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop.
Baby Be-Bop
Author: Francesca Lia Block
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062035924
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062035924
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.
DIY Porn Handbook
Author: Madison Young
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 093760982X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Make the Porn You Want to See! Famed porn director and performer Madison Young tells you how to share your personal sexual revolution on film! From formulating goals through script-writing, choosing colleagues through final edits, fund-raising through marketing, DIY Porn Handbook contains all the information insider tips and insights you need to become one of the voices of today's radical pornography subculture.
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 093760982X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Make the Porn You Want to See! Famed porn director and performer Madison Young tells you how to share your personal sexual revolution on film! From formulating goals through script-writing, choosing colleagues through final edits, fund-raising through marketing, DIY Porn Handbook contains all the information insider tips and insights you need to become one of the voices of today's radical pornography subculture.
Bus-a-saurus Bop
Author: Diane Z. Shore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1582348502
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A boy describes his school bus as a big yellow monster that gobbles up students and takes them to school.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1582348502
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A boy describes his school bus as a big yellow monster that gobbles up students and takes them to school.
Teeny Weeny Bop
Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
Publisher: Albert Whitman
ISBN: 9780807579923
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Teeny Weeny Bop has found a gold coin. Her luck is made; she'll buy a pet pig! But while she sleeps, the pig destroys the garden! Teeny needs a better pet--she's going to trade her pig for a cat. The cat destroys the living room!
Publisher: Albert Whitman
ISBN: 9780807579923
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Teeny Weeny Bop has found a gold coin. Her luck is made; she'll buy a pet pig! But while she sleeps, the pig destroys the garden! Teeny needs a better pet--she's going to trade her pig for a cat. The cat destroys the living room!
Every Body
Author: Julia Rothman
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316426571
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Experience a radically inclusive and informative collection of stories, essays, interviews, and art about sex, relationships, and body confidence. Have you ever had a question about sex—whether out of curiosity, desire, or the sneaking suspicion you’re, somehow, different? Every Body will help you feel less alone. It’s a huge collection of anonymous stories, essays, artwork, and expert tell-alls on myriad subjects, all rolled into one. Really, it’s the conversations most of us are too scared to start. Thanks to talented duo Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg, we don’t have to. The stories, essays, and interviews they’ve compiled touch on a wide array of topics, including first times, open relationships, body acceptance, accidental pregnancies, sex toys, pleasure, fear and trauma, sexual discovery, and more. Framed by dozens of artists’ illustrations, deeply personal interviews, and expert essays that address stigmas and clichés, this book is an informative, welcoming, and inclusive user’s guide to your body, no matter its shape, size, or preferences. A dynamic group of voices and styles makes Every Body an essential resource and helpful companion as you explore your own body (and more!).
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316426571
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Experience a radically inclusive and informative collection of stories, essays, interviews, and art about sex, relationships, and body confidence. Have you ever had a question about sex—whether out of curiosity, desire, or the sneaking suspicion you’re, somehow, different? Every Body will help you feel less alone. It’s a huge collection of anonymous stories, essays, artwork, and expert tell-alls on myriad subjects, all rolled into one. Really, it’s the conversations most of us are too scared to start. Thanks to talented duo Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg, we don’t have to. The stories, essays, and interviews they’ve compiled touch on a wide array of topics, including first times, open relationships, body acceptance, accidental pregnancies, sex toys, pleasure, fear and trauma, sexual discovery, and more. Framed by dozens of artists’ illustrations, deeply personal interviews, and expert essays that address stigmas and clichés, this book is an informative, welcoming, and inclusive user’s guide to your body, no matter its shape, size, or preferences. A dynamic group of voices and styles makes Every Body an essential resource and helpful companion as you explore your own body (and more!).