1970, ISBN: 0393066754

In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the once-innocent question, "Do you wanna dance?" became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this much-maligned music that mad… Mehr…

In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the once-innocent question, "Do you wanna dance?" became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this much-maligned music that made it such hot stuff? In this incisive history, Alice Echols captures the felt experience of the Disco Yearson dance floors both fabulous and tacky, at the movies, in the streets, and beneath the sheets. Disco may have presented itself as shallow and disposablethe platforms, polyester, and plastic vibe of it allbut Echols shows that it was inseparable from the emergence of "gay macho," a rising black middle class, and a growing, if equivocal, openness about female sexuality. The disco scene carved out a haven for gay men who reclaimed their sexuality on dance floors where they had once been surveilled and harassed; it thrust black women onto center stage as some of the genre's most prominent stars; and it paved the way for the opening of Studio 54 and the viral popularity of the shoestring-budget Saturday Night Fever, a movie that challenged traditional notions of masculinity, even for heterosexuals. As it provides a window onto the cultural milieu of the times, Hot Stuff never loses sight of the era's defining soundtrack, which propelled popular music into new sonic territory, influencing everything from rap and rock to techno and trance. Throughout, Echols spotlights the work of precursors James Brown and Isaac Hayes, dazzling divas Donna Summer and the women of Labelle, and some of disco's 20th century,americas,arts music and photography,dance,home and garden,historical study and educational resources,history,history and criticism,humor and entertainment,music Music, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.<

1970, ISBN: 9780393066753

In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the question, "Do you wanna dance?" became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this music that made it such hot stuf… Mehr…

In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the question, "Do you wanna dance?" became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this music that made it such hot stuff? In this incisive history, Alice Echols reveals the ways in which disco, assumed to be shallow and disposable, permanently transformed popular music, propelling it into new sonic territory and influencing rap, techno, and trance. This account probes the complex relationship between disco and the era's major movements: gay liberation, feminism, and African American rights. But it never loses sight of the era's defining soundtrack, spotlighting the work of precursors James Brown and Isaac Hayes, its dazzling divas Donna Summer and the women of Labelle, and some of its lesser-known but no less illustrious performers like Sylvester. You'll never say "disco sucks" again after reading this fascinating account of the music you thought you hated but can't stop dancing to. Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture Echols, Alice, W. W. Norton & Company<

ISBN: 9780393066753

Disco thumps back to life in this pulsating look at the culture and politics that gave rise to the music. Readers will never say disco sucks again after reading this fascinating account o… Mehr…

Disco thumps back to life in this pulsating look at the culture and politics that gave rise to the music. Readers will never say disco sucks again after reading this fascinating account of the music they thought they hated but can't stop dancing to. Media > Book, [PU: W. W. Norton]<

2010, ISBN: 9780393066753

[PU: W. W. Norton & Company], 2010, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy, minor wear to dj, NL, [SC: 6.50], gewerbliches Angebot, [PU: GB], Banküberweisung, Kreditkarte, PayPal, Internat… Mehr…

[PU: W. W. Norton & Company], 2010, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy, minor wear to dj, NL, [SC: 6.50], gewerbliches Angebot, [PU: GB], Banküberweisung, Kreditkarte, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

2010, ISBN: 9780393066753

2010, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy, minor wear to dj Versand D: 8,00 EUR , [PU:W. W. Norton & Company]