Description: Further DetailsTitle: Glitter Up the DarkCondition: NewSubtitle: How Pop Music Broke the BinaryISBN-10: 147731878XEAN: 9781477318782ISBN: 9781477318782Publisher: University of Texas PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/07/2020Description: Why has music so often served as an accomplice to transcendent expressions of gender? Why did the query "is he musical?" become code, in the twentieth century, for "is he gay?" Why is music so inherently queer? For Sasha Geffen, the answers lie, in part, in music’s intrinsic quality of subliminal expression, which, through paradox and contradiction, allows rigid gender roles to fall away in a sensual and ambiguous exchange between performer and listener. Glitter Up the Dark traces the history of this gender fluidity in pop music from the early twentieth century to the present day. Starting with early blues and the Beatles and continuing with performers such as David Bowie, Prince, Missy Elliot, and Frank Ocean, Geffen explores how artists have used music, fashion, language, and technology to break out of the confines mandated by gender essentialism and establish the voice as the primary expression of gender transgression. From glam rock and punk to disco, techno, and hip-hop, music helped set the stage for today’s conversations about trans rights and recognition of nonbinary and third-gender identities. Glitter Up the Dark takes a long look back at the path that led here.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 20mmAuthor: Sasha GeffenGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: American Music SeriesTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Music Dance & TheatreItem Weight: 367gRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Glitter Up the Dark
Title: Glitter Up the Dark
Subtitle: How Pop Music Broke the Binary
ISBN-10: 147731878X
EAN: 9781477318782
ISBN: 9781477318782
Release Date: 04/07/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: American Music Series
Book Title: Glitter Up the Dark : How Pop Music Broke the Binary
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Gender Studies, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Genre: Music, Social Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Sasha Geffen
Item Length: 8.5 in
Book Series: American Music Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
