{"product_id":"why-marianne-faithfull-matters-music-matters","title":"Why Marianne Faithfull Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Through this deeply personal take, the real significance of Faithfull as an irrepressible female icon shines through.' SHINDIG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Excellent . . . Pearson deserves the widest possible audience.' POPMATTERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Witty, passionate, and provactive. Finally, a feminist appreciation for Marianne Faithfull.' VIVIEN GOLDMAN, author of \"Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst as a doe-eyed ingénue with 'As Tears Go By', then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English, and finally as a genre-less icon, Marianne Faithfull carved her name into the history of rock 'n' roll to chart a career spanning five decades and multiple detours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy, then, was Faithfull absent from the male-dominated history of the British Invasion?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePutting memoir on equal footing with biographical accounts, historian Tanya Pearson writes about Faithfull as an avid fan, recovered addict and queer musician at a crossroads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether exploring Faithfull's rise to celebrity, her drug addiction and fall from grace as a spurned 'muse' or her reinvention as a sober, soulful chanteuse subverting all expectations for an ageing woman in music, Pearson reaffirms the deep connection between creator and listener in this remarkable feminist history of the iconic artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003cbr\u003eMusic Matters series:-\u003cbr\u003eWhy the Ramones Matter by Donna Gaines [2018]\u003cbr\u003eWhy the Beach Boys Matter by Tom Smucker [2018]\u003cbr\u003eWhy Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson [2019]\u003cbr\u003eWhy Lhasa de Sela Matters by Fred Goldman [2019]\u003cbr\u003eWhy Marianne Faithfull Matters by Tanya Pearson [2021]\u003cbr\u003eWhy Solange Matters by Stephanie Phillips\u003cbr\u003eWhy Bushwick Bill Matters by Charles L. Hughes [2021]\u003cbr\u003eWhy Labelle Matters by Adele Bertei [2021]\u003cbr\u003eWhy Sinéad O'Connor Matters by Allyson McCabe [2023]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67724013109565,"sku":"9780571368969","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3135\/9805\/files\/9780571368969.jpg?v=1792199564","url":"https:\/\/bookclub.org.nz\/products\/why-marianne-faithfull-matters-music-matters","provider":"Book Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}