Title: She bop : the definitive history of women in rock, pop, and soul /
Authors: O'Brien, Lucy.
Publisher: Penguin Books,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Women musicians; Popular music History and criticism; Soul music History and criticism; Rock music History and criticism; Women rock musicians; Feminism and music.
Abstract: "Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Yet nearly eighty years after Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith first blazed the trail, have their female successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve?" "The first hands-on history of women in rock, pop and soul, She Bop tells it like it is - on stage, on camera and working in a male-dominated industry. Adding a feminist perspective to her incredibly detailed knowledge of the stars and their music, and including an abundance of personal interviews, Lucy O'Brien tells these women's stories and their struggle not only for acceptance, but also for recognition and success, in a culture they are still striving to call their own. She Bop traces the different stages of women's progress in the music industry, from the early years of ragtime and the Jazz Age up to the present."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. Riffin' the Scotch: From Blues to the Jazz Age -- 2. Stupid Cupid: Dream Babes in '50s Pop -- 3. The Real Thing: Motown, Spector and '60s Svengalis -- 4. Can the Can: Whatever Happened to the Rock Chick? -- 5. Final Girls: Punk, Performance Art and PMT Pop -- 6. Ladies of the Canyon: Female Singer/Songwriters of the Grand Hotel -- 7. Lipstic Traces: Madonna, Manipulation and MTV -- 8. She Wears the Trousers: Artistry, Androgyny and the Lesbian Question -- 9. I Wanna Dance with Somebody: Deconstructing the Disco Diva -- 10. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: The True Story of Women in Rap and Reggae -- 11. Oye Mi Canto: Hear My Voice: Women in World Music -- 12. Talkin' Tough: The Enemy Within: Women and Protest Pop -- 13. Talkin' Business: Nuts 'N' Bolts and All the Necessaries.