The Seventies: The Age of Glitter in Popular Culture

By Shelton Waldrep

Book Overview

The Seventies is must reading for anyone who wants to revisit that glam decade and the contributions it made to our culture. The contributors take you on a fascinating journey that looks at the Black Panthers, Jonestown, glam rock, black action films and gay male subcultures as well as including queer rereadings of cultural phenomena, examinations of clothing and seventies bodies, and an essay on the meaning of sound in the seventies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415925355
• ISBN13: 9780415925358
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary