{"product_id":"turn-the-beat-around-9780571219230","title":"Turn the Beat Around","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisco emerged from the fall-out of the Black Power Movement and an almost exclusively gay scene in a blaze of poppers, strobe lights, tight trousers, hysterical diva vocals and synthesized beats in the late sixties. As a genre, disco radically re-defined the sensibility of the seventies to the extent where reactionary rockers felt the need to launch a paranoid ''Disco Sucks'' campaign at the end of the decade. \u003cbr\u003eFeaturing artists such as Chic, Sylvester, Donna Summer and Frank Grasso, \u003ci\u003eTurn the Beat Around\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates why and how disco changed the face of popular culture forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'A complete triumph. He expertly excavates the history of one of the central genres of modern popular music.' John McTernan, Scotland on Sunday\"","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403076641111,"sku":"9780571219230","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571219230.jpg?v=1730482323","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/turn-the-beat-around-9780571219230","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}