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Alice Echols, 2011

Alice Echols is Professor of English, Gender Studies and History at the University of Southern California.[1][2][3]

Education

Echols received her Bachelor's degree from Macalester College, Minnesota in 1973. She obtained her Master's degree and Doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1980 and 1986 respectively.

Publications

She authored Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 (with foreword by Ellen Willis);[4] Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin; Shaky Ground: The Sixties and Its Aftershocks; and Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture.[5] Her book Shortfall: Family Secrets, Financial Collapse, and a Hidden History of American Banking is scheduled to be published in October 2017.[6]

She also wrote a chapter on the Women's Liberation Movement in William McConnell's book The Counterculture Movement of the 1960s.

Selected bibliography

  • Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 (with foreword by Ellen Willis)[4]
  • Shaky Ground: The Sixties and its Aftershocks (2002)[2]
  • Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin (1999)[7]
  • Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture (2009)[2]

References

  1. ^ Charles, Ron (March 8, 2009). "On Campus, Vampires Are Besting the Beats". Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Alice Echols [USC Faculty profile]". University of Southern California. Retrieved March 17, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Retrieved March 17, 2013
  3. ^ "The '80s are back with 'Transformers'". MSNBC. June 29, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Lit up by her own blowtorch". Irish Times. March 25, 2000. Retrieved February 23, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Gavin, James (April 1, 2010). "Dance Dance Revolution". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "Shortfall". Google Books. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  7. ^ "Dissecting rock 'n' roll's first female superstar". CNN. May 24, 1999. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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