Turn the beat around : the secret history of disco / Peter Shapiro.

Author/Creator:

Shapiro, Peter, 1969-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Faber and Faber, Inc., 2005.

Format/Description:

Book
369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Disco music -- History and criticism.
Popular culture -- History -- 20th century.

Contents:

The rotten apple
"I'm just an outlaw, my name is desire" : disco and sexuality
"Like clones and robots that we are" : automating the beat
"Zippin' up my boots, going back to my roots" : disco and the soul continuum
Prisoners of the night : the disco craze
"So why should I be ashamed?" : disco goes underground
"Stayin' alive" : disco today.

Notes:

Includes discography (p. 295-309), bibliographical references (p. 329-336), and indexes.

ISBN:

0571211941 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

56777868

Publisher Number:

9780571211944

Online:

Table of contents
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024211.html

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