Good booty : love and sex, black & white, body and soul in American music

Powers, Ann 1964- (Author).

Summary: "In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic examines how popular music shapes fundamental American ideas and beliefs, allowing us to communicate difficult emotions and truths about our most fraught social issues, most notably sex and race."--Provided by publisher.

Item details

ISBN: 9780062463692
ISBN: 0062463691
Physical Description: print
xxvi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-384) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Introduction -- The taboo baby -- That da da strain: shimmying, shaking, sexology -- Let it breathe on me: spiritual erotics -- Teen dreams and grown-up urges -- The sexual revolution and its discontents -- Hard and soft realities -- Oh no, it hurts: AIDS, Reagan, and the backlash -- Hungry cyborgs: Britney, Beyoncé, and the virtual frontier -- Epilogue.