Turn the beat around : the secret history of disco / Peter Shapiro.
Turn the beat around : the secret history of disco / Peter Shapiro.
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Publisher
New York : Faber and Faber, Inc., 2005.
Date
2005.
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N306.48424/ 2
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. The rotten apple -- 2. "I'm just an outlaw, my name is desire" : disco and sexuality -- 3. "Like clones and robots that we are" : automating the beat -- 4. "Zippin' up my boots, going back to my roots" : disco and the soul continuum -- 5. Prisoners of the night : the disco craze -- 6. "So why sho...
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Publisher
New York : Faber and Faber, Inc., 2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"From the beginning, disco was essentially a shotgun marriage between a newly out-and-proud gay sexuality and the first generation of post-civil rights African Americans, all moving to the serenade of the recently developed synthesizer. Peter Shapiro maps out these converging influences, as well as disco's cultural antecedents in Europe; looks at t...
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Turn the beat around : the secret history of disco / Peter Shapiro.
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Includes discography (p. ), bibliographical references (p. ), and index.
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Other version (online)
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N306.48424/ 2
Record Identifier
74VKqdljgzlg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqdljgzlg
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ISBN
0571211941 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780571211944 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
306.484240973
MMS ID
991020172959702626
