{"product_id":"hot-stuff-9780393338911","title":"Hot Stuff","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thumping good read.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Engrossing…\u003cem\u003eHot Stuff\u003c\/em\u003e is not just about disco; it reexamines the ’70s as a decade of revolution.\" -- James Gavin - New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHot Stuff\u003c\/em\u003e is a thoroughly researched, scholarly credible and fiercely entertaining dissection of disco’s origins and influence…An endearing platform—with matching shoes—to the music we can’t and shouldn’t forget.\" -- Warren Pederson - San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\"An alternate account of those hazy-crazy yesteryears that’s ultimately indispensable.\" -- Smith Galtney - Time Out\u003cbr\u003e\"A quietly dazzling history…\u003cem\u003eHot Stuff\u003c\/em\u003e is the result of a lifetime of thinking deeply about the music and its influence.\" -- Peter Terzian - Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Exhilarating, perceptive…an important work of cultural and musical resuscitation, written with a scholar’s acumen but a fan’s ardor.\" -- Melissa Anderson - Newsday\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable…Carried along by prose that is as sleek and slinky as its subject.\" -- Christine Stansell, author of The Feminist Promise\u003cbr\u003e\"Echols aims for—and thoroughly achieves—a range of higher cultural insights…Revelatory.\" -- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-researched, culturally sensitive time capsule.\" -- Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] entertaining and convincing reclamation of what was once Western culture’s most reviled music…It’s a scholarly read powered by the thump-thump of Giorgio Moroder’s synths; you’ll find yourself humming \u003cem\u003eRing My Bell\u003c\/em\u003e and searching YouTube for evidence of Sylvester’s fabulosity.\" -- Evelyn McDonnell - Miami Herald","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525143077207,"sku":"9780393338911","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393338911.jpg?v=1731859394","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hot-stuff-9780393338911","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}