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Queering the Popular Pitch
Sheila Whiteley
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Description for Queering the Popular Pitch
Paperback. A collection of essays that situate queering within the discourse of sex and sexuality in relation to popular music, this investigation addresses the changing debates within gay, lesbian and queer discourse in relation to the dissemination of musical texts. It provides a discourse in the field of musicological research. Editor(s): Whiteley, Shiela; Rycenga, Jennifer. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Queering the Popular Pitch is a new collection of 19 essays that situate queering within the discourse of sex and sexuality in relation to popular music. This investigation addresses the changing debates within gay, lesbian and queer discourse in relation to the dissemination of musical texts -performance, cultural production and sexual meaning - situating music within the broader patterns of culture that it both mirrors and actively reproduces.
The collection is divided into four parts:
queering borders
queer spaces
hidden histories
queer thoughts, mixed media.
Queering the Popular Pitch will appeal to students of popular music, Gay and Lesbian studies. With case studies and essays ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415978057
SKU
V9780415978057
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About Sheila Whiteley
Sheila Whiteley is Chair of Popular Music at the University of Salford. She is the author of Sexing theGroove: Popular Music and Gender ,Women and Popular Music: Sexuality, Identity and Subjectivity and Too Much TooYoung: Popular Music, Age and Identity all published by Routledge. Jennifer Rycenga is Coordinator of Women's Studies at San Jose State University in California. She ... Read more
Reviews for Queering the Popular Pitch
'Queering the Popular Pitch considers much more than a new gay and lesbian popular musicology. This new collection of essays applies the queer framework to popular music, musicians, nationalistic contexts, as well as film music and stage presence' - Popular Music 'This collection is a recommended addition for both interdisciplinary scholars and (popular) musicologists alike' - Popular Music