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Author Shapiro, Peter, 1969-

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

Publication Info. New York : Faber and Faber, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  ML3526 .S5 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description ix, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes discography (pages 295-309), bibliographical references (pages 329-336), and indexes.
Contents The rotten apple -- "I'm just and 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.
Subject Disco music -- History and criticism.
Disco music.
Popular culture -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
ISBN 0571211941 hardcover alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780571211944