Pride, Pop and Politics / Darryl W. Bullock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bullock, Darryl W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay liberation movement--Great Britain--History.

Gay liberation movement.

Gay people in popular culture--Great Britain.

Gay people in popular culture.

Homosexuality--Great Britain--History.

Homosexuality.

LGBTQ+ music.

LGBTQ+ arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Omnibus Press, [2022]

Summary:

Pride, Pop and Politics charts the development of gay culture and the rise of LGBTQ politics in the UK, from the formation of the Gay Liberation Front to the present day, through the music that provided the soundtrack.Fifty years on from Britain's first Pride march, the long road to LGBT equality continues. Through protest songs and gay club nights, street theatre activism and fundraising concerts, the performing arts have played an influential role in each great stride made.With new interviews with musicians and DJs, performers and activists, including Andy Bell, Jayne County, John Grant, Horse McDonald and Peter Tachell, Pride, Pop and Politics hears from those whose art has been influenced by the campaign for LGBT rights and helped push it forward.This informative, eye-opening book is the first to focus on the relationship between gay nightlife and political activism in Britain.Darryl W. Bullock won the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2022 with The Velvet Mafia, a thrilling account of the gay men who ran the swinging sixties.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

A Note on Language

A Note on Sources

Introduction

1. Before Stonewall

2. Sowing the Seeds of Liberation

3. Dancing with the GLF

4. The Festival of Lies

5. Subversives in Sequins

6. Have You Heard the News?

7. Taking a Stand

8. Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves

9. Queer Things Are Happening

10. Britain's Stonewall

11. Better Blatant Than Latent

12. Cocks in Frocks

13. Blasphemy!

14. Gay's the Word

15. The Shock of the New

16. The Gay Plague

17. Out!

18. Pride, Pits and Perverts

19. The Kiss

20. No Clause

21. A Death in the Family

22. This Is Britpop

23. Pride in Crisis

24. 21st-Century Boys and Girls

25. Celebrate!

26. Pinkwashing

27. Where Are We Now?

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Notes

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Bullock, Darryl W Pride, Pop and Politics

ISBN:

9781787592384

OCLC:

1321790678