Queerness in Pop Music: Aesthetics, Gender Norms, and Temporality

by Stan Hawkins

Book Overview

This book investigates the phenomenon of queering in popular music and video, interpreting the music of numerous pop artists, styles, and idioms. The focus falls on artists, such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, Boy George, Diana Ross, Rufus Wainwright, David Bowie, Azealia Banks, Zebra Katz, Freddie Mercury, the Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, and many others. Hawkins builds his concept of queerness upon existing theories of opacity and temporality, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138820873
• ISBN13: 9781138820876
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"