Glitter Up the Dark : How Pop Music Broke the Binary
by
Sasha Geffen
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
American Music Series
ISBN-10
147731878X
ISBN-13
9781477318782
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Imprint
University of Texas Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 7th, 2020
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 21.50 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Rock & Pop musicPopular cultureGender studies, gender groups
Ksh 3,400.00
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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.
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