Fever: How Rock 'n' Roll Transformed Gender in America

Tim Riley

Jul 2014 · Macmillan + ORM

About this ebook

In Fever, music critic Tim Riley argues that while political and athletic role models have let us down, rock and roll has provided enduring role models for men and women. From Elvis Presley to Tina Turner to Bruce Springsteen to Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Riley makes a persuasive case that rock and roll, far from the corrosive force that conservative critics make it out to be, has instead been a positive influence in people's lives, laying out gender-defying role models far more enduringly than movies, TV, or "real life."

Ratings and reviews

Makes a persuasive case for rock as *the* transformative art form in modern gender performance. Written with savvy and heart -- a pleasure from first page to last, and one that sends you running back to the records to check out all the levels of meaning and the subtle subversions that you've missed.

About the author

Tim Riley is the author of Tell Me Why and Hard Rain. His commentary on pop culture has appeared in The Washington Post, Boston magazine, The Boston Phoenix, Salon, and Feed. He is currently the pop critic for NPR's Here and Now. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.