In the houses of the Holy : Led Zeppelin and the power of rock music / Susan Fast.

Author/creator Fast, Susan
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Descriptionvii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: Led Zeppelin and the carnivalesque -- Dazed and confused: intertextuality, ritual, gender -- Stairway to Heaven: myth, epic, ritual -- Over the hills and far away: difference and representation -- The wanton song: the riff and the body -- Whole lotta love: performing gender.
Abstract Explores Led Zeppelin's influence on rock music and popular culture. Analyzes provocative aspects of the band, including images of the body in performances, onstage rituals, issues of gender and sexuality, as well as their appropriation of blues and "Eastern" music.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-237), discography/videography (pages 239-240), and index.
LCCN 00048367
ISBN0195117565 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0195147235 (pbk.)