Rocking the Closet : How Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis Queered Pop Music /

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The all-embracing, 'whaddya got?' nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume - but not see - their queerness. That...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stephens, Vincent L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ray, Johnnie, > 1927-1990.
Mathis, Johnny.
Little Richard, > 1932-2020
Liberace, > 1919-1987.
Little Richard, > 1932-2020.
Music and race.
Homosexuality and popular music.
Gay singers.
Gay musicians.
MUSIC > General.
Musique et race > États-Unis.
Musiciens homosexuels > États-Unis.
Homosexualite et musique populaire > États-Unis.
Music and race > United States.
Gay singers > United States.
Gay musicians > United States.
Homosexuality and popular music > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : queering post-World War II masculinity through music
  • Visibly hidden : postwar disorientation, queer community, and queer ambivalence
  • A freak deferred : Johnnie Ray navigates innovation and convention
  • Spectacular vacillations : Little Richard charms and disarms America
  • Fine and dandy : mapping Johnny Mathis's negotiations of race, sexuality, and affect
  • Building an empire of illusion : Liberace and the art of queering
  • Conclusion : disquieting and exciting : queering tools in popular music and queer becoming.

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