Lipstick traces : a secret history of the twentieth century / Greil Marcus.

Main entry:

Marcus, Greil.

Title & Author:

Lipstick traces : a secret history of the twentieth century / Greil Marcus.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990.

Description:

496 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-462) and index.
Prologue -- The last Sex Pistols concert -- A secret history of a time that passed. Faces ; Legends of freedom ; The art of yesterday's crash ; The crash of yesterday's art ; The assault of Notre-Dame ; The attack on Charlie Chaplin ; Lipstick traces (on cigarette) -- Epilogue.

Summary:

Greil Marcus, author of Mystery Train, began work on this new book out of a fascination with the Sex Pistols: that scandalous antimusical group invented in London in 1975 which sparked the emergence of the culture called punk. Where in the world of pop music did that come from? Looking for an answer, with a high sense of the drama of the journey, Marcus takes us down the dark paths of counterhistory, a route of blasphemy, adventure, and surprise. What Marcus shows is that various kinds of angry, absolute demands--demands on society, art, and all the governing structures of everyday life--seem to be coded in phrases, images, and actions passed on invisibly, but inevitably, by people quite unaware of each other. Although the Sex Pistols shape the beginning and the end of the story, this is not a book about music; it is about a common voice, discovered and transmitted in many forms.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0674535812 (pbk.)
9780674535817 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sex Pistols (Musical group)
Sex Pistols (Groupe musical)
Popular culture History 20th century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Art and society History 20th century.
Punk rock music History and criticism.
Culture populaire Histoire 20e siècle.
Avant-garde (Esthétique)
Art et société Histoire 20e siècle.
Punk (Musique) Histoire et critique.
Art and society
Popular culture
Punk rock music

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255297
Call No.: CB428 .M37 1990
Status: Available

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