You're History

The Twelve Strangest Women in Pop

Lesley Chow

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Random House
18 May 2021

Music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Cultural studies; Gender studies: women

Raucous, sensual and sublime- how twelve pioneering female artists rewrote the rules of pop.

Raucous, sensual and sublime- how twelve pioneering female artists rewrote the rules of pop.

From Kate Bush to Nicki Minaj, from Janet Jackson to TLC and Taylor Swift, pop's greatest female pioneers are simply strange- smashing notions of taste and decorum, and replacing them with new ideals of pleasure.

Instead of rehashing biographies, Lesley Chow dives deep into the music of these groundbreaking performers, identifying the ecstatic moments in their songs and finding out what makes them unique.

You're History is a love letter to pop's most singular achievements, celebrating the innovations of women who are still critically underrated. It's a ride that includes tributes to Chaka Khan, Rihanna, Neneh Cherry, Sade, Shakespears Sister, Azealia Banks, and many more...

By: Lesley Chow
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm,
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781913462314
ISBN 10: 1913462315
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 18 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lesley Chow is an Australian writer on music and film. She is associate editor of the journal Bright Lights and has published widely over the past eighteen years, in Salon, Times Literary Supplement, The Quietus, The Age, Pop Matters, and CNN. She has appeared on numerous film juries including Venice and Berlin, and was President of the Critics' Jury at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018.

Reviews for You're History: The Twelve Strangest Women in Pop

Lesley Chow is the best and rarest kind of critic--one who loves to be surprised, and can always surprise you in turn... The emphasis is firmly on aesthetic pleasure, and the book itself is a unique pleasure to read: joyful, witty, knowledgeable, intensely observant, and indifferent to received ideas. - Jake Wilson, arts critic for The Age and author of Mad Dog Morgan By embracing pop's sonic artifice, its vocal textures and its wordless moments of rapture - too often ignored by other critics - Lesley Chow constructs a new version of pop history. Her assemblage of pop's 'hybrid girls' and wayward women is a sly, original analysis. - Anwen Crawford, music writer for The Monthly and author of Hole: Live Through This