{"product_id":"carole-kings-tapestry-9781501355622","title":"Carole King's Tapestry","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarole King's \u003ci\u003eTapestry\u003c\/i\u003e is both an anthemic embodiment of second-wave feminism and an apotheosis of the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter sound and scene. And these two elements of the album's historic significance are closely related insofar as the professional autonomy of the singer-songwriter is an expression of the freedom and independence women of King's generation sought as the turbulent sixties came to a close. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAligning King's own development from girl to woman with the larger shift in the music industry from teen-oriented singles by girl groups to albums by adult-oriented singer-songwriters, this volume situates \u003ci\u003eTapestry\u003c\/i\u003e both within King's original vision as the third in a trilogy (preceded by \u003ci\u003eNow That Everything's Been Said \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWriter\u003c\/i\u003e) and as a watershed in musical and cultural history, challenging the male dominance of the music and entertainment industries and laying the groundwork for female dominated genres such as women's music and Riot Grrrl punk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoren Glass\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Iowa, USA, with a joint appointment in the Center for the Book. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAuthors Inc.: Literary \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelebrity in the Modern United States\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and\u003ci\u003e Counter-Culture Colophon: Grove Press, the Evergreen Review and the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIncorporation of the Avant-Garde \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), and co-editor of the \u003ci\u003ePost45\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900661109010,"sku":"9781501355622","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58f508ad-c37b-403a-873d-b6e62a669f4a.jpg?v=1738391058","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/carole-kings-tapestry-9781501355622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}