Rocking the closet :: how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music /
The all-embracing, 'whaddya got?' nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume - but not see - their queerness. That...
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| Schriftenreihe: | New perspectives on gender in music.
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| Zusammenfassung: | The all-embracing, 'whaddya got?' nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume - but not see - their queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations. Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closet - both coming out and staying in - by analysing the careers of Liberace, Johnny Mathis, Johnnie Ray, and Little Richard. Appealing to audiences hungry for novelty and exoticism, the four pop icons used performance and queering techniques that ran the gamut. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252051661 0252051661 0252042808 9780252042805 |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | Stephens, Vincent L., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016054079 Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / Vincent L. Stephens. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019] 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier New perspectives on gender in music Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2020). The all-embracing, 'whaddya got?' nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume - but not see - their queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations. Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closet - both coming out and staying in - by analysing the careers of Liberace, Johnny Mathis, Johnnie Ray, and Little Richard. Appealing to audiences hungry for novelty and exoticism, the four pop icons used performance and queering techniques that ran the gamut. Little Richard, 1932-2020. Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88100778 Liberace, 1919-1987. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50050377 Mathis, Johnny. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82063192 Liberace, 1919-1987 fast Little Richard, 1932-2020 fast Mathis, Johnny fast Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990 fast Homosexuality and popular music United States. Gay musicians United States. Gay singers United States. Music and race United States. Homosexualité et musique populaire États-Unis. Musiciens homosexuels États-Unis. Musique et race États-Unis. MUSIC General. bisacsh Gay musicians fast Gay singers fast Homosexuality and popular music fast Music and race fast United States fast has work: Rocking the closet (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFCHD3CgPDyjqJhXkB4qry https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Stephens, Vincent L. Rocking the closet. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019] 9780252042805 (DLC) 2019013782 New perspectives on gender in music. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013094909 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2204500 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2204500 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Stephens, Vincent L. Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / New perspectives on gender in music. 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. Little Richard, 1932-2020. Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88100778 Liberace, 1919-1987. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50050377 Mathis, Johnny. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82063192 Liberace, 1919-1987 fast Little Richard, 1932-2020 fast Mathis, Johnny fast Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990 fast Homosexuality and popular music United States. Gay musicians United States. Gay singers United States. Music and race United States. Homosexualité et musique populaire États-Unis. Musiciens homosexuels États-Unis. Musique et race États-Unis. MUSIC General. bisacsh Gay musicians fast Gay singers fast Homosexuality and popular music fast Music and race fast |
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| title | Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / |
| title_auth | Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / |
| title_exact_search | Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / |
| title_full | Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / Vincent L. Stephens. |
| title_fullStr | Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / Vincent L. Stephens. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / Vincent L. Stephens. |
| title_short | Rocking the closet : |
| title_sort | rocking the closet how little richard johnnie ray liberace and johnny mathis queered pop music |
| title_sub | how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / |
| topic | Little Richard, 1932-2020. Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88100778 Liberace, 1919-1987. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50050377 Mathis, Johnny. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82063192 Liberace, 1919-1987 fast Little Richard, 1932-2020 fast Mathis, Johnny fast Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990 fast Homosexuality and popular music United States. Gay musicians United States. Gay singers United States. Music and race United States. Homosexualité et musique populaire États-Unis. Musiciens homosexuels États-Unis. Musique et race États-Unis. MUSIC General. bisacsh Gay musicians fast Gay singers fast Homosexuality and popular music fast Music and race fast |
| topic_facet | Little Richard, 1932-2020. Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990. Liberace, 1919-1987. Mathis, Johnny. Liberace, 1919-1987 Little Richard, 1932-2020 Mathis, Johnny Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990 Homosexuality and popular music United States. Gay musicians United States. Gay singers United States. Music and race United States. Homosexualité et musique populaire États-Unis. Musiciens homosexuels États-Unis. Musique et race États-Unis. MUSIC General. Gay musicians Gay singers Homosexuality and popular music Music and race United States |
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