{"title":"Amy Gentry","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmy Gentry’s works offer a rich exploration of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, weaving thoughtful perspectives with vivid storytelling. Readers can expect insightful narratives that illuminate creative expression and the nuances of artistic lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom reflective biographies to culturally resonant themes, her books invite a deeper appreciation of the arts, appealing to those who cherish both personal and artistic journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tori-amoss-boys-for-pele-by-amy-gentry-9781501321313","title":"Tori Amos's Boys for Pele","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’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 organised around disgust—the disgust that women are taught to feel, not only for their own bodies, but for their taste in music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1996, Amos’s third album, \u003ci\u003eBoys for Pele\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455836373228,"sku":"9781501321313","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71Kr3qSgCdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774801025"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/amy-gentry.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}