Sex Revolts by Simon Reynolds

Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll

A cultural history that examines how late-1970s punk and its aftermath renegotiated sexuality, gender and rebellious identity in music and style, tracing the movement’s provocative mix of aggression, androgyny, fetishism and erotic spectacle; it maps the tensions between liberation and exploitation, the role of women and queer artists, and how punk’s iconography and sounds were absorbed, commodified or transformed in subsequent scenes and popular culture.