Tori Amos's Boys for Pele

Tori Amos's Boys for Pele
Author: Amy Gentry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1501321315

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It's hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos. Amy Gentry argues that these violent aesthetic responses to Amos's performance, both positive and negative, are organized around disgust-the disgust that women are taught to feel, not only for their own bodies, but for their taste in music. Released in 1996, Amos's third album, Boys for Pele, represents the height of Amos's willingness to explore the ugly qualities that make all of her music, even her more conventionally beautiful albums, so uncomfortably, and so wonderfully, strange. Using a blend of memoir, criticism, and aesthetic theory, Gentry argues that the aesthetics of disgust are useful for thinking in a broader way about women's experience of all art forms.

Who Was Pelé?

Who Was Pelé?
Author: James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0399542612

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The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the twentieth century! His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the world, he was known as Pelé. The soccer forward stunned Brazil when he began playing for the Santos soccer club at age fifteen. He then went on to captivate the world when he joined his country's national soccer team and helped them win three World Cup championships. Although he was hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments in soccer, Pelé was also an influential person both on and off the pitch. His work with organizations like UNICEF helped improve conditions for children around the world. Young readers can learn more about the man who connected soccer with the phrase "The Beautiful Game."

Pele

Pele
Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2020-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0711245738

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In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Pele, Brazil's all-time King of Football. With a sock full of rags for a ball, Pele honed his skills in a poor neighbourhood in Brazil. He believed that, one day, he would lead his country to World Cup victory - and he was right! With Pele and his super skills on the team, Brazil lifted the trophy three times. Today, he is widely regarded as the greatest footballer who ever lived - and a hero off the pitch, too, using his voice to help the people who need it most. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of The King's life.

Tori Amos's Boys for Pele

Tori Amos's Boys for Pele
Author: Amy Gentry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1501321331

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It's hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos. Amy Gentry argues that these violent aesthetic responses to Amos's performance, both positive and negative, are organized around disgust-the disgust that women are taught to feel, not only for their own bodies, but for their taste in music. Released in 1996, Amos's third album, Boys for Pele, represents the height of Amos's willingness to explore the ugly qualities that make all of her music, even her more conventionally beautiful albums, so uncomfortably, and so wonderfully, strange. Using a blend of memoir, criticism, and aesthetic theory, Gentry argues that the aesthetics of disgust are useful for thinking in a broader way about women's experience of all art forms.

Tori Amos: "Boys for Pele"

Tori Amos:
Author: Music Sales Corporation
Publisher:
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ISBN: 9780711957947

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Tori Amos

Tori Amos
Author: Lisa Torem
Publisher: On Track
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781789521429

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In 1992, Singer, pianist and composer Tori Amos achieved fame with the intensely personal solid gold record, Little Earthquakes, the first of fifteen studio albums. Each new recording cut new ground both musically and thematically. Since then, Amos has performed world-wide, both as a soloist and also accompanied, by a rhythm section, an octet or an orchestra. Her projects have ranged from the musical, A Light Princess to the classically-inspired Night of Hunters. Grammy nominations include: Best Alt. Album for Under The Pink, Boys for Pele and From The Choirgirl Hotel and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for 'Strange Little Girls.' Amos was the first female artist to chart in the Billboard Top ten in Classical, Alternative and Rock genres simultaneously for Night of Hunters. Amos has also published two biographies: Piece by Piece and Resistance, which delve deeply into her songwriting strategies and political perspectives. She has been strongly involved in Native American issues and was the first spokesperson for RAINN, the largest, anti-sexual violence organization in the U.S. This book provides a track-by-track analysis of those essential recorded works, starting from Tori Amos' late 1980s synth-pop beginnings through 2017's illuminating Native Invader.

Boys for Pele

Boys for Pele
Author: Tori Amos
Publisher: Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1996-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780825615443

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A book of lyrics and music by Tori Amos.

Pele: The Autobiography

Pele: The Autobiography
Author: Pelé
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1847394884

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Even people who don't know football know Pelé. The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished and attractive group of footballers ever to play the game, he won the World Cup three times and is Brazil's all-time record goalscorer. But how did this man -- a sportsman, a mere footballer, like many others -- become a global icon? Was it just by being the best at what he did, or do people respond to some other quality? The world's greatest footballer now gives us the full story of his incredible life and career. Told with his characteristic grace and modesty, but covering all aspects of his playing days and his subsequent careers as politician, international sporting ambassador and cultural icon, PELE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY is an essential volume for all sports fans, and anyone who admires true rarity of spirit.

Tori Amos

Tori Amos
Author: Kalen Rogers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 126
Release: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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The only fully authorized story of the girl and her piano, containing over 150 never-before-seen photographs.

Soccer's G.O.A.T.

Soccer's G.O.A.T.
Author: Jon M. Fishman
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1541571150

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There are many amazing soccer players—but who are the greatest of all time? Readers will learn all about the sport, including its top stars, incredible statistics, and more, presented in an engaging top-ten format.