From the Book Cover
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Music Your
Parents Never Wanted You To Hear
Believe it or not, music censorship in America did not begin with
Tipper Gore's horrified reaction to her daughter's Prince album.
The vilification of popular music by government and individuals
has been going on for decades. Now, for the first time, Parental
Advisory offers a thorough and complete chronicle of the music
that has been challenged or suppressed -- by the people or the
government -- in the United States.
From Dean Martin's "Wham, Bam, Thank you Ma'am" to Marilyn Manson's Antichrist
Superstar; from freedom fighters such as Frank Zappa and
in-your-face rappers such a N.W.A. to crusaders such as Tipper
Gore, this intelligent and entertaining book shows how censorship
has crossed sexual, class, and ethnic lines, and how many see
it as a de facto form of racism. With nearly one hundred fascinating
photographs of musicians, record burning, and controversial cover
art; illuminating sidebars; and a decade-by-decade timeline of
important moments in censorship history, Parental Advisory is
by turns frightening and hilarious -- but always revealing.
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"Nuzum has the
cultural critic's eye for the quietly fascinating."
--Associated Press
"a breezy and informative book, that should be
read by anyone interested in U.S. popular culture."
--Library Journal Review
"...a thoughtful, readable work."
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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