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Glam Rock: Dandies in the Underworld
Alwyn W. Turner
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Description for Glam Rock: Dandies in the Underworld
Hardcover. Drawing on the collections of the V&A, Glam Rock narrates the story of glam & explores its impact on fashion, theatre & film. In the early 1970s, glam rock changed the face of popular culture in Britain and, against a backdrop of a nation racked by economical and social crises, its flamboyancy provided an escapist dream for musicians and fans alike Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 b&w/colour. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; JFCA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 986.
Drawing on the collections of the V&A, Glam Rock narrates the story of glam and explores its impact on fashion, theatre and film.
In the early 1970s, glam rock changed the face of popular culture in Britain and, against a backdrop of a nation racked by economical and social crises, its flamboyancy and theatricality provided an excuse for a party and an escapist dream for musicians and fans alike. British acts like David Bowie, Roxy Music, T. Rex and Mott the Hoople - together with American fellow-travellers including Lou Reed, Alice Cooper and Sparks - drew on the original ... Read more
Drawing on the collections of the V&A, Glam Rock narrates the story of glam and explores its impact on fashion, theatre and film.
In the early 1970s, glam rock changed the face of popular culture in Britain and, against a backdrop of a nation racked by economical and social crises, its flamboyancy and theatricality provided an excuse for a party and an escapist dream for musicians and fans alike. British acts like David Bowie, Roxy Music, T. Rex and Mott the Hoople - together with American fellow-travellers including Lou Reed, Alice Cooper and Sparks - drew on the original ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
993g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851777648
SKU
V9781851777648
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Ref
99-50
About Alwyn W. Turner
Alwyn W. Turner is the author of Halfway to Paradise: The Birth of British Rock V&A 2008), My Generation: The Glory Years of British Rock (V&A 2010), and the acclaimed trilogy on modern British history, Crisis? What Crisis?, Rejoice! Rejoice! And A Classless Society, as well as The Biba Experience and The Man Who Invented the Daleks.
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