Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980 - Tapa blanda

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"Most eye-catchingly, Girl Gangs brings together the most outlandish, hilarious and beautiful pulp cover-art . . . . If anything, the book is an important attempt to present the history of the pulp novel as a site of valid cultural importance and fascination." --MOJO Magazine

"The authors of this volume have paid their dues. They've haunted the junk shops and flea markets, combed through the ratty cardboard boxes, smelled the mildew, inhaled the dust. They've turned a fresh and fearless eye to the unambiguously collectible, blue-ribbon 1950s and '60s pulps, and then turned that same awareness to later material, from the '70s--and they've identified a surprisingly durable pulp tradition which we can refer to as 'tribe pulp, ' a tradition which to my knowledge hasn't been really named till now, certainly not as clearly and cogently as here." --From the foreword by Peter Doyle, author of City of Shadows and The Big Whatever

"This oversize paperback is elegantly illustrated with myriad book covers that were once seen on store spinner racks and in the bottom drawers of readers with appetites for racier fiction. It's a browser's delight, for sure." --J. Kingston Pierce, The Rap Sheet

"Large format, full colour and lushly illustrated Girl Gangs, Biker Boys and Cool Cats is a visual treat. In this case, the beauty is more than skin deep as the quality of the writing is equally as impressive. A must buy!" --Paperback Fanatic

"An indispensable book for uncovering the origins of today's alternative or indie culture." --Wenceslao Bruciaga, v66.com.mx

"Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats is populated by the bad boys and girls of mid-twentieth-century pulp fiction. Rumblers and rebels, beats and bikers, hepcats and hippies--pretty much everybody your mother used to warn you about. Nette and McIntyre have curated a riotous party that you won't want to leave, even though you might get your wallet stolen or your teeth kicked in at any given moment." --Duane Swierczynski, two-time Edgar nominee, author of Canary and Revolver
"The underbelly of literature has been ignored for too long. This book redresses that imbalance, as over twenty authors explore low-life fiction in Australia, the UK, and the USA. Thoughtfully written and delightfully accessible, this is a book for all seasoned readers." --Toni Johnson-Woods, author of Pulp: A Collector's Book of Australian Pulp Fiction Covers
"An indispensable collection of essays and articles about the golden years of paperback originals.... A collection to be dipped in again and again." --Maxim Jakubowski, crimetime "Girl Gangs...isn't a straight telling of history, but a jigsaw that builds up into a widescreen picture of its subjects, using essays about juvenile delinquency, youthsploitation, beats, bikers and bohemians as a starting point..." --Steve Holland, bearalley.blogspot "I've been having huge fun reading about JD fiction and looking at the outrageously titillating covers in Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats, an anthology edited by two Australians, Iain McIntyre and Andrew Nette. What was once reviled as rubbishy reading is now collected, curated and revered as retro chic." --Jane Sullivan, The Age

"Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats is an important book, a study of the postwar anxieties and unspoken desires that throbbed and squirmed beneath a taut veil of suburban fantasy and mid-century modern decor." --K.E. Roberts, We Arethe Mutants

"The lurid, lewd, hilarious, awful, and awesome book-cover reproductions are an obvious draw, but there's scholarship here, too. A highlight for fans of low culture." --Keir Graff, Booklist

"All told, Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, And Real Cool Cats is an excellent exploration of the world of pulp publishing. It remains readable throughout and the editors have done a fantastic job in keeping a consistent style across the various contributions." --Paul Abbott "I don't care who you are, this book will thrill you. It's a bookcase necessity. If you have any interest in rock 'n' roll, lesbians, cult murder, car racing, leather jackets, skinhead violence, surfing spies, girl gangs or adolescents trying pot for the first time, THIS IS YOUR BAG, BABY." --Ariel Schudson, Dangerous Minds

"This ambitious book runs through three decades of public apprehension, alarm, and allurement in the U.S, Britain, and Australia, centred around an increasingly delinquent and defiant postwar youth culture..." --Gary von Tersch, shindig-magazine.com

"This is a must for fans of pulp fiction and youth culture" --David Cranmer, Criminal Element

"The contributors' appreciation of the novels under discussion is obvious, and there is much that is valuable here... a real pleasure." --Max Décharné, The Spectator

"This book is a powerful history of the literature that was written for and about the marginalised. It is our history and I am grateful it has been published in such an inspiring format." --Michael Jongen, http: //newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/

"Rock 'n roll, hot boxes, car racing, leather jackets, potheads, hippies, lesbians, surfing spies, girls gang, anything queer as you want to be, the book bursts with surplus energy and the desire to find expression through style, fashion, Music and language, revolt and protest." --Alf Mayer, CultureMag

"Between the unintentional comedy of bargain-basement hacks and the come-hither-and-read-me covers, this collection of a long-gone low-brow art form expresses attitudes that were absurd even in their day. One can only hope--AG sessions notwithstanding--they remain so." --Michael Simmons, High Times

Biografía del autor

Peter Doyle is an Australian author, musician, and visual artist. His book Get Rich Quick won the 1996 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel. Iain McIntyre is a Melbourne-based author, musician, and community radio broadcaster, who has written a variety of books on activism, history, and music. Andrew Nette is a writer and pulp scholar based in Melbourne, Australia. He is one of the founders of Crime Factory Publications and coedited Hard Labour and LEE.