Fever: How Rock' n' Roll Transformed Gender in America - Hardcover

Riley, Tim

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9780312286118: Fever: How Rock' n' Roll Transformed Gender in America

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312286112 ISBN 13: 9780312286118

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2004

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Citing a lack of appropriate role models in today's government and professional sports, an examination of the positive influence of rock-and-roll artists identifies the contributions of such figures as Elvis, Tina Turner, and Bruce Springsteen and notes their particular influence on gender identity. 30,000 first printing.

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"Riley is at his very best." --"The New York Observer"

"Tim Riley's "Fever" combines brainy and audacious cultural analysis with genuine musical understanding--a combination rare enough to inspire exhilaration." --Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Tim Page on Music"

"In his new book, "Fever", Tim Riley goes beyond his unique fusion of technical music knowledge and stunningly perceptive emotional exegesis of lyrics to a wider-angle social vision." --Ron Rosenbaum, "The New York Observer"

""Fever" is a fascinating look at the ways rock has shaped how we think about sexual identity....Riley presents serious academic points within a rock-critic analysis of icons that even a layperson would appreciate....Witty, acerbic, and smart." --Charles R. Cross, author of "Heavier Than Heaven"
"Riley is at his very best."--"The New York Observer"

"Tim Riley's "Fever" combines brainy and audacious cultural analysis with genuine musical understanding--a combination rare enough to inspire exhilaration."--Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Tim Page on Music"

"In his new book, "Fever", Tim Riley goes beyond his unique fusion of technical music knowledge and stunningly perceptive emotional exegesis of lyrics to a wider-angle social vision."--Ron Rosenbaum, "The New York Observer"

""Fever" is a fascinating look at the ways rock has shaped how we think about sexual identity....Riley presents serious academic points within a rock-critic analysis of icons that even a layperson would appreciate....Witty, acerbic, and smart."--Charles R. Cross, author of "Heavier Than Heaven"

Riley is at his very best. "The New York Observer"

Tim Riley's "Fever" combines brainy and audacious cultural analysis with genuine musical understanding--a combination rare enough to inspire exhilaration. "Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tim Page on Music"

In his new book, "Fever," Tim Riley goes beyond his unique fusion of technical music knowledge and stunningly perceptive emotional exegesis of lyrics to a wider-angle social vision. "Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Observer"

"Fever" is a fascinating look at the ways rock has shaped how we think about sexual identity....Riley presents serious academic points within a rock-critic analysis of icons that even a layperson would appreciate....Witty, acerbic, and smart. "Charles R. Cross, author of Heavier Than Heaven""

"Riley is at his very best." --The New York Observer

"Tim Riley's Fever combines brainy and audacious cultural analysis with genuine musical understanding--a combination rare enough to inspire exhilaration." --Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tim Page on Music

"In his new book, Fever, Tim Riley goes beyond his unique fusion of technical music knowledge and stunningly perceptive emotional exegesis of lyrics to a wider-angle social vision." --Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Observer

"Fever is a fascinating look at the ways rock has shaped how we think about sexual identity....Riley presents serious academic points within a rock-critic analysis of icons that even a layperson would appreciate....Witty, acerbic, and smart." --Charles R. Cross, author of Heavier Than Heaven

About the Author:

Tim Riley is currently the pop critic for NPR's midday news-magazine, Here and Now.

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