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- Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-and-Roll
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
summary
From the New Yorker’s inimitable first pop music critic comes this pioneering collection of essays by a conscientious writer whose political realm is both radical and rational, and whose prime preoccupations are with rock ’n’ roll, sexuality, and above all, freedom. Here Ellen Willis assuredly captures the thrill of music, the disdain of authoritarian culture, and the rebellious spirit of the ’60s and ’70s.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-7
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xxii
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- pp. xxiii-xxxvi
- I: Out of the Vinyl Deeps
- You Can't Go Down Home Again
- pp. 26-34
- The Who Sell
- pp. 35-40
- Elvis in Las Vegas
- pp. 41-44
- Jani's Joplin
- pp. 61-67
- Hard to Swallow: Deep Throat
- pp. 68-75
- It's Later Than You Think
- pp. 76-79
- Tom Wolfe's Failed Optimism
- pp. 80-88
- Beginning to See the Light
- pp. 89-99
- How's the Family?
- pp. 100-102
- Jackie, We Hardly Knew You
- pp. 103-105
- Classical and Baroque Sex in Everyday Life
- pp. 106-109
- Velvet Underground
- pp. 110-124
- II: American Girls Want Everything
- Learning from Chicago
- pp. 127-140
- Herbert Marcuse, 1898–1979
- pp. 141-144
- Glossary for the Eighties
- pp. 145-148
- The Family: Love It or Leave It
- pp. 149-168
- Postscript: The Backlash According to Irving
- pp. 169-171
- Toward a National Man Policy
- pp. 172-175
- The Trial of Arline Hunt
- pp. 176-204
- Abortion: Is a Woman a Person?
- pp. 205-211
- Abortion: Overruling the Neo-Fascists
- pp. 212-218
- Feminism, Moralism, and Pornography
- pp. 219-227
- The Myth of the Powerful Jew
- pp. 228-244
- My Podhoretz Problem—and His
- pp. 245-258
- III: Next Year in Jerusalem
- Next Year in Jerusalem
- pp. 261-318
- Permissions Acknowledgments
- pp. 319-320
- About the Author
- p. 361
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816681808
Related ISBN(s)
9780816680788
MARC Record
OCLC
815383334
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No