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Pride, Pop and Politics
£10.40
Pride, Pop and Politics charts the development of gay culture and the rise of LGBTQ politics in the UK, from the formation of the Gay Liberation Front to the present day, through the music that provided the soundtrack.Fifty years on from Britain’s first Pride march, the long road to LGBT equality continues. Through protest songs and gay club nights, street theatre activism and fundraising concerts, the performing arts have played an influential role in each great stride made.With new interviews with musicians and DJs, performers and activists, including Andy Bell, Jayne County, John Grant, Horse McDonald and Peter Tachell, Pride, Pop and Politics hears from those whose art has been influenced by the campaign for LGBT rights – and helped push it forward.This informative, eye-opening book is the first to focus on the relationship between gay nightlife and political activism in Britain.Darryl W. Bullock won the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2022 with The Velvet Mafia, a thrilling account of the gay men who ran the swinging sixties.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Omnibus Press (9 Jun. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 4623 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 537 pages |
by Teesside_Parmo_Express
Well written
Shedoads of well researched details
Easy to follow
What more could you want?
by Lenny Banter
Though this book focuses on the year 1970-2021, there is a couple of chapters dealing life for the LGBT community before this, which nicely sets up an account of how government, the media and religious groups have looked to demonise this community through propaganda and fake news. It details how some members of this community found their lives and careers irreparably damaged due to their sexuality. Revealing your sexuality was not an option for some whilst others embraced it and struggled with the consequences of ‘coming out’. Well worth a read for the social history and showing how far things have changed since the early 1970’s.