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245 10 a| Turn the beat around :b| the secret history of disco /c| Peter Shapiro.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| New York :b| Faber and Faber, Inc.,c| 2005.;

300 a| 369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes discography (pages 295-309), bibliographical references (pages 329-336), and indexes.;

505 0 a| 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.;

520 a| Provides a study of the most important musical form of the 1970s that assesses the history of disco music and the cultural, social, and economic milieu of the era that spawned it. Disco may be the most universally derided musical form to come about in the past forty years. Yet, like its pop cultural peers punk and hip hop, it was born of a period of profound social and economic upheaval. This book traces the history of disco music and culture. From the outset, disco was essentially a shotgun marriage between a newly out and proud gay sexuality and the first generation of post-civil rights African Americans, all to the serenade of the recently developed synthesizer. Shapiro maps out these converging influences, as well as disco's cultural antecedents in Europe, looks at the history of DJing, explores the mainstream disco craze at it's apex, and details the long shadow cast by disco's performers and devotees on today's musical landscape. One part cultural study, one part urban history, and one part glitter-pop confection, this is the most comprehensive study of the Me Generation to date.;

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

Author/creator	Shapiro, Peter, 1969-
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York : Faber and Faber, Inc., 2005.
Description	369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 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.
Abstract	Provides a study of the most important musical form of the 1970s that assesses the history of disco music and the cultural, social, and economic milieu of the era that spawned it. Disco may be the most universally derided musical form to come about in the past forty years. Yet, like its pop cultural peers punk and hip hop, it was born of a period of profound social and economic upheaval. This book traces the history of disco music and culture. From the outset, disco was essentially a shotgun marriage between a newly out and proud gay sexuality and the first generation of post-civil rights African Americans, all to the serenade of the recently developed synthesizer. Shapiro maps out these converging influences, as well as disco's cultural antecedents in Europe, looks at the history of DJing, explores the mainstream disco craze at it's apex, and details the long shadow cast by disco's performers and devotees on today's musical landscape. One part cultural study, one part urban history, and one part glitter-pop confection, this is the most comprehensive study of the Me Generation to date.
Bibliography note	Includes discography (pages 295-309), bibliographical references (pages 329-336), and indexes.
LCCN	2004024211
ISBN	0571211941 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780571211944

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