The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

Name: The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
Brand: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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By Jessica Hopper

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"Jessica Hopper's criticism is a trenchant and necessary counterpoint not just on music, but on our culture at large." -Annie Clark, St. Vincent An acclaimed, career-spanning collection from a fiercely feminist and revered contemporary rock critic, reissued with new material Throughout her career, spanning more than two decades, Jessica Hopper, a revered and pioneering music critic, has examined women recording and producing music, in all genres, through an intersectional feminist lens. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic features oral histories of bands like Hole and Sleater Kinney, interviews with the women editors of 1970s-era Rolling Stone, and intimate conversations with iconic musicians such as Björk, Robyn, and Lido Pimienta. Hopper journeys through the truths of Riot Grrrl's empowering insurgence; decamps to Gary, Indiana, on the eve of Michael Jackson's death; explodes the grunge-era mythologies of Nirvana and Courtney Love; and examines the rise of emo. The collection also includes profiles and reviews of some of the most-loved, and most-loathed, women artists making music today: Fiona Apple, Kacey Musgraves, M.I.A., Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey. In order for the music industry to change, Hopper writes, we need "the continual presence of radicalized women . . . being encouraged and given reasons to stay, rather than diminished by the music which glues our communities together." The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic-published to acclaim in 2015, and reissued now with new material and an introduction by Samantha Irby-is a rallying cry for women-centered history and storytelling, and a groundbreaking, obsessive, razor-sharp panorama of music writing crafted by one of the most influential critics of her generation.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 448
Release Date:: 2021-07-06
Publication Date:: 2021-07-06
Publisher:: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0374538999
ISBN13:: 9780374538996
Weight:: 322 g
Height:: 124 cm
Width:: 189 cm
Thickness:: 32 cm

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