Girls Rock!

Fifty Years of Women Making Music

Author: Mina Julia Carson
Secondary Author: Tisa Lewis
ISBN: 9780813123103

" With a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards Chosen by the The Amelia Bloomer Project committee for their 2005 list of recommended feminist books for young readers. Girls Rock! explores the many ways women have defined themselves as rock musicians in an industry once dominated and controlled by men. Integrating history, feminist analysis, and developmental theory, the authors describe how and why women have become rock musicians -- what inspires them to play and perform, how they write, what their music means to them, and what they hope their music means to listeners. As these musicians tell their stories, topics emerge that illuminate broader trends in rock's history. From Wanda Jackson's revolutionary act of picking up a guitar to the current success of independent artists such as Ani DiFranco, Girls Rock! examines the shared threads of these performers' lives and the evolution of women's roles in rock music since its beginnings in the 1950s. This provocative investigat

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publish Date: 2004

Subjects: Music / History & Criticism, Music / Genres & Styles / Rock, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Visual/Performing Arts)