{"product_id":"swoon-6","title":"Swoon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Frank Sinatra in the 1940s to Harry Styles in\nthe 2020s, many of the biggest male stars in the world built their early\ncareers on their romantic appeal to young women. The lovestruck teenager gazing\nat pictures of her idol in magazines or screaming in hordes at a concert is a\nstock character in the textbooks of fame. And yet no history book has, until\nnow, told her story from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwoon \u003c\/i\u003erevisits six defining moments in book, film and\nmusic history to uncover the story of how the fangirl became the most enduring\nyet disdained icon of pop culture. From the Byromaniacs of Regency London to\nthe screamers of Beatlemania, these women were tastemakers, visionaries and\ncultural disruptors. Their obsessions shaped literary canons, built Hollywood\nicons and turned musicians into messiahs long before social media came along.\nBut with power came panic. Fandom became a moral and cultural battleground.\nWhat was at stake was women's right to want things they weren't supposed to\nwant, feel things they weren't supposed to feel and express these things\nloudly, shamelessly and in public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart cultural history, part joyful reclamation, \u003ci\u003eSwoon\n\u003c\/i\u003ereturns the silly, swooning, screaming girl to her rightful place in\nfeminist history - because behind every sigh and every squeal, the seeds of a\nrevolution were stirring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54983405109592,"sku":"9781785908828","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781785908828.jpg?v=1777956360","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/swoon-6","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}