A review by chamblyman
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music by Teri Schnaubelt, Ann Powers

4.0

This dazzlingly informative & supremely entertaining critical history of American popular music has an epic sweep (from 19th C. New Orleans dance halls through punk, funk & hiphop, and right up to Beyonce & Gaga) but also a fascinating focus specifically on popular music as a cultural mirror/barometer/catalyst for sex and race relations. Sharply written with brilliant insights, Ann Powers has added a new classic to the music criticism canon and created a must-read for any music head.