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搖滾神話學

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本書是搖滾樂文化學的「奇書」,作者從希臘神祇的故事切入,探討「搖滾與暴力的呈現形式」、「插電化與吉他英雄的竄起」、「搖滾歌曲的性慾表達」、「陽具搖滾與自戀」、「黑人搖滾的培力與白人複製與剽竊」、「搖滾的仇恨女性意識與變裝越界」等。

這是第一本從希臘神話(亦即image原型)與人類學角度切入的搖滾樂文化學,探討搖滾樂的一些重要意象的形成。出版後,在歐美得到極高評價。被評為搖滾文化批評的《金枝》。

Ruth Padel以詩人的洞見與古典音樂學者的素養,檢視「搖滾與侵略性的性慾」的交互關係,並以古典文學的角度解釋之……本書充滿睿智與知識,足以與Greil Marcus,Lester Bangs,和Tom Wolfe並列其驅。

Bel Mooney,《泰晤士報》。

迷人且充滿挑戰的論述。Ruth Padel以古典神話學為鑰匙,打開了潘朵拉的盒子,讓我們一窺搖滾樂有關性別、種族、國家意識、階級的骯髒祕密。

Charles Shaar Murray,《獨立報》。

罕見的奇書,從愛神如何從泡沫中誕生,探討到Bob Dylan、「男孩特區」的羅南,讓你知道搖滾樂的「加冕」過程。讀者終於理解「滾石合唱團」的Mick Jagger的自戀行止其實可以遠溯至古代根源。

Giles Smith,《標準晚報》。

風格特異的研究,認為搖滾樂其實是一種「男性創造」,奠基於希臘神話對待女性的原型態度。內容嚴肅卻充滿幽默趣味。此書讓Ruth Padel在「搖滾評論」的地位直追Greil Marcus。

Caspar Llewellyn Smith,《每日電訊報》。

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First published January 1, 2000

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Ruth Padel

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Ruth is an English poet and writer. She has published poetry collections, novels, and books of non-fiction, including several on reading poetry. She has presented Radio 4′s Poetry Workshop, visiting poetry groups across the UK to discuss their poems.

Her awards include First Prize in the UK National Poetry Competition, a Cholmondeley Award from The Society of Authors, an Arts Council of England Writers’ Award and a British Council Darwin Now Research Award for her novel Where the Serpent Lives.

Ruth lives in London and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Member of the Bombay Natural History Society, an Ambassador for New Networks for Nature, a Patron of 21st-Century Tiger and a Council Member of the Zoological Society of London.

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