Pop Culture Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race

By Carol Cooper

First collection of essays by Harlem-based cultural critic Carol Cooper. Remember the first time you encountered Prince? Run D.M.C.? house music? direct market comic books? Brazilan pop? reggae films?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978890809
• ISBN13: 9780978890803
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Nega Fulo Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Series of Essays

I used to follow Carol's writing in The Voice and other venues, and I was very glad to find this book. As was said in another review, she offers a fine and (thankfully) opinionated snapshot of two fascinating decades and their music/films/entertainment. I strongly recommend it.

A Must Read

Carol Cooper's articles over the years have either opened my eyes to things I never knew existed in my own and others' cultures, but also provide a snapshot of the moment in which they were written, without being dated. I am so glad her work is now being collected!

A Wonderful Collection

This collection of essays and reviews from various periodicals provides an absorbing critical trip back in time to musicians and other cultural entities from the 80s and 90s that were important to most anyone who was listening an watching back then. Miss Cooper has re-stirred the excitement I experienced when I first heard music from Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Sade, Prince, et al. She has made me to want to hear and learn about Gospel and Brazilian music. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. And Miss Cooper's writing provides an unusual, welcome, and impressive combination of fact, social commentary, cultural context, and humor. This is an absorbing collection by an important observer of an underappreciated period in our and some nearby cultures.