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Women
Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music
Mary A. Bufwack, Robert K. Oermann
Crown, 1993. ISBN#:
0-517-58114-0
hardbound, B&W illus., $32.50
History. Fave. Extensive and accessible History build around the author's long time
interests and car trip to visit their heroes. Likable with good
Illustrations.
Rock She Wrote
Evelyn McDonnell, Ann Powers,
eds.
Delta, 1995. ISBN#: 0-385-31250-4
paperbound, 477 pages,
$16.
History. Subtitled "Women write about Rock, Pop and Rap". A
wide ranging selection of texts by women writers and critics.
She Bop
Lucy O'Brien
Penguin, 1995. ISBN#:
0-14-025155-3
paperbound, 464 pages, $15.
History. Subtitled
"The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop + Soul" - let's just
settle for a good beginning. Some chapters deal with eras, other with
issues and two chapters with world music female artists. An improvement
over an earlier survey, Rock-A-Bye, Baby (Aida Pavletich,
Doubleday, 1980). Also look around for the OP Girl Groups
(Delilah, 1982) by Alan Betrock.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
Sue Steward, Sheryl
Garratt
South End Press, 1984. ISBN#: 0-89608-240-7
paperbound,
168 pages, B&W illus., $8. OP
History. Fave. Nice, easy-going
writing with a punk/post punk emphasis. First published by Pluto Press
in the UK.
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