A MISFIT’S MANIFESTO
Book ID/图书代码： 03890004B05813
English Summary/英文概要： Donna Gaines is the Margaret Mead of heavy metal, a turnpike intellectual, a walking, talking oxymoron. A Misfit’s Manifesto is the story of her wild-in-the-burbs odyssey—from yeshiva girl to street-punk sociologist. The only child of a glamorous big-band vocalist, Donna had three fathers, including the “Kishka King of Brooklyn.” Fat, lonely, and depressed, she found truth and beauty in the least likely places. Wandering the craggy the craggy terrain of Rockaway beach, Queens, Donna embarked upon a path to enlightenment: sex, drugs, rock & roll, sociology, cosmetology, True Love, the occult, science fiction, pizza, guns, comic books, and surfing—by Web or by sea. “Popular culture, my unholy redeemer,” she proclaims.
It was Donna’s consuming love of the “profane world” that gave her the courage to be, buffering her against relentless sorrow and self-loathing. Dignety, joy, and communion came not from family, organized religion, or mandatory schooling, but in the sound of doo-wop, then surf music, hard rock, punk, and grindcore. “For most of my life,” she writes, “music was the only way to connect that wouldn’t eventually kill me.”
Through all the ripped nights of binge-drinking in rock clubs, Donna Gaines became an acclaimed author and an age of conformity and censorship, Dr. Gaines defends popular culture as a powerful spiritual force, a vibrant, valid connection to God. This is an outcast’s journey into the black-hole sun, where Divine love and light are found—even in Ramones songs. Donna Gaines has written a work of dazzling originality and iconoclasm, an inspiration for misfits everywhere.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一本回忆录。作者的母亲是个歌唱家，然而她有过三个父亲。她从小感到孤独和抑郁，走过了一条与常人不同的道路：混迹街头和海滩，性活动，毒品，摇滚乐，社会学，整容术，“真爱”，神秘的事，文身，科学故事，比萨饼，手枪，漫画书，海上冲浪，网上冲浪，社会学博士。作者认为，正是那个“亵渎的世界”给了她生活的勇气，让她克服了深切的悲痛和自厌。对她来说，自尊，快乐和交流不是来自家庭，有组织的宗教，或强制性的学校，而是来自街头爵士，冲浪摇滚，朋克摇滚等音乐。是大众文化使她与上帝相连。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Donna Gaines是社会学博士，青少年自杀问题专家，在大学任教，常为“滚石”等杂志写稿。她写过一本“青少年荒地”。
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