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Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / Vincent L. Stephens.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3477 .S75 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stephens, Vincent L., author.
- Series:
- New perspectives on gender in music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberace, 1919-1987.
- Liberace.
- Little Richard, 1932-2020.
- Little Richard.
- Mathis, Johnny.
- Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990.
- Ray, Johnnie.
- Gay musicians--United States.
- Gay musicians.
- Gay singers--United States.
- Gay singers.
- Homosexuality and popular music--United States.
- Homosexuality and popular music.
- Music and race--United States.
- Music and race.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Stephens, Vincent L. author. Rocking the Closet
- ISBN:
- 9780252042805
- 0252042808
- 9780252084638
- 0252084632
- OCLC:
- 1090707914
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