Vivien Goldman explores the rise of She-Punks in new book

From the 1970s to the present.

Journalist and musician Vivien Goldman is telling the story of female punks in a new book called Revenge Of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot.

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Traversing from the seventies to present day, the book features iconic musicians like Patti Smith and Grace Jones as well as artists from lesser known, far-flung scenes in Colombia and Indonesia.

Goldman “probes four themes—identity, money, love, and protest—to explore what makes punk such a liberating art form for women,” shares publishers University of Texas press.

It blends interviews, history and personal anecdotes – opening with a discussion of the Patti Smith song ‘Free Money’ that details a shopping spree Goldman went on with Smith.

Revenge Of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot follows Goldman’s seminal reggae tome The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Album of the Century.

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