The Downtown Pop Underground: New York City and the Literary Punks, Renegade Artists, DIY Filmmakers, Mad Playwrights, and Rock 'n' Roll Glitter Que

New York City and the literary punks, renegade artists, DIY filmmakers, mad playwrights, and rock 'n' roll glitter queens who revolutionized culture

The Downtown Pop Underground takes a kaleidoscopic tour of the city during the 1960s and early '70s and focuses on how deeply interconnected all the alternative worlds were that flourished in one square mile of downtown. The pages give life to the o beat artists, gonzo filmmakers, punk musicians, and rock-and-roll drag queens who created change, and while some aren't well known, others like Patti Smith, Andy Warhol, and Debbie Harry did become icons. Ambitious in scope and scale, the book is largely fueled by the actual voices of many of the pivotal characters who broke down the entrenched cultural divisions between high and low, gay and straight, and art and commerce--and whose impact is still largely felt today.

Author: Kembrew McLeod
Publisher: Abrams Press
Published: 10/08/2019
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781419738043
ISBN10: 1419738046
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- Social Science | Popular Culture

About the Author
Kembrew McLeod is an award-winning author and professor of communication studies at the University of Iowa whose writing has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Slate, and Salon.