An edition of Instruments of Desire
(1999)
Instruments of desire
the electric guitar and the shaping of musical experience
by Steve Waksman
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"Instruments of Desire is the first full account of the historical and cultural significance of the electric guitar, a wide-ranging exploration of how and why the instrument has had such broad musical and cultural impact."--BOOK JACKET.
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Electric guitar, Gender identity in music, Guitarists, History, Music and race, Popular music, Sex in music, Social aspects, Social aspects of Popular music, Electric guitar -- History, Music, Guitar, Elektrische gitaren, Popmuziek, Jazz, Sekserol, Elektrogitarre, Musiksoziologie, Gender identity| Edition | Availability |
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Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience
2001, Harvard University Press
in English
0674269306 9780674269309
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Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience
May 2, 2001, Harvard University Press
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0674005473 9780674005471
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Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience
February 4, 2000, Harvard University Press
Hardcover
in English
067400065X 9780674000650
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Instruments of desire: the electric guitar and the shaping of musical experience
1999, Havard University Press
in English
067400065X 9780674000650
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Playing with sound : Charlie Christian, the electric guitar, and the Swing Era
Pure tones and solid bodies : Les Paul's new sound
Mister Guitar : Chet Atkins and the Nashville sound
Racial distortions : Muddy Waters, Chuch Berry, and the electric guitar in Black popular music
Black sound, black body : Jimi Hendrix, the electric guitar, and the meanings of blackness
Kick out the jams : the MC5 and the politics of noise
Heavy music : cock rock, colonialism, and Led Zeppelin.
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Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
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