Girl Power The Nineties Revolution in Music

Name: Girl Power The Nineties Revolution in Music
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ISBN: 9780865479791

ISBN-10: 0865479798

ISBN-13: 9780865479791

Edition: 2010

Authors: Marisa Meltzer

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In the early nineties, riot grrrl exploded onto the underground music scene, inspiring girls to pick up an instrument, create fanzines, and become politically active. Rejecting both traditional gender roles and their parents' brand of feminism, riot grrrls celebrated and deconstructed femininity. The media went into a titillated frenzy covering followers who wrote "slut" on their bodies, wore frilly dresses with combat boots, and talked openly about sexual politics. The movement's message of "revolution girl-style now" soon filtered into the mainstream as "girl power," popularized by the Spice Girls and transformed into merchandising gold as shrunken T-shirts, lip glosses, and posable…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 2/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English