Smith examines the different ways in which gay men use pop music, both as producers and consumers, and how, in turn, pop uses gay men. He asks what role culture plays in shaping identity and why pop continues to thrill gay men. These 40 essays and interviews look at how performers, from The Kinks' Ray Davies to Gene's Martin Rossiter, have used pop as a platform to explore and articulate, conform to or contest notions of sexuality and gender. A defence of cultural differences and an attack on cultural elitism, Seduced and Abandoned is as passionate and provocative as pop itself.
Smith examines the different ways in which gay men use pop music, both as producers and consumers, and how, in turn, pop uses gay men. He asks what role culture plays in shaping identity and why pop continues to thrill gay men. These 40 essays and interviews look at how performers, from The Kinks' Ray Davies to Gene's Martin Rossiter, have used pop as a platform to explore and articulate, conform to or contest notions of sexuality and gender. A defence of cultural differences and an attack on cultural elitism, Seduced and Abandoned is as passionate and provocative as pop itself.
Richard Smith writes about gay men and the media and is a former editor of Gay Times.
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About the Author Acknowledgements Foreword by Andy Medhurst 1 Introduction 2 The Acid Queen: Mixmaster Morris 3 Ambisexuality 4 Baby Don't Apologize: Nirvana 5 Back in the YMCA: Village People 6 Bad?: Michael Jackson 7 Being Boring: Erasure 8 Blaming it on the Boogie: Stock, Aitken and Waterman 9 Cock Rock: The Secret History of the Penis in Pop 10 Dear Shaun: Happy Mondays 11 Dragged into the Future: Trannies With Attitude 12 Getting Away with It: Right Said Fred 13 The God that Failed?: Morrissey 14 Godfathers and Sugardaddies: Tom Watkins 15 The Happy Wanderer: Jimmy Somerville 16 Homo Psycho Sexy Burlesque: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 17 Hope I Get Old Before I Die: Pop and AIDS 18 The House That Frankie Built: Frankie Knuckles 19 Housewives' Choice: Female Fans and Unmanly Men 20 I'm Not Like Everybody Else: The Kinks 21 Just Good Friends?: Take That 22 Kerrang! The Sound of Confusion: Heavy Metal 23 Let's (Not) Talk About Sex: Sex, Pop and Censorship 24 Little Town Flirt: Suede 25 The London Boy: Colin Bell 26 Murmuring: REM 27 The Odd Couple: McAlmont (Thieves) 28 Out On Your Own: Kitchens of Distinction and Sugar 29 'Outrage and Boredom Just Go Hand in Hand': Manic Street Preachers 30 Pink Vinyl: Gay Dance Labels and Nu-NRG 31 Preaching to the Perverted: Homocore and Queercore 32 The Queen of New York: RuPaul 33 Relaxed: Holly Johnson 34 The Rhythm Divine: Jon Savage and Disco 35 Seriously: Pet Shop Boys 3 6 This Charming Man: Gene 37 Three Little Words: Pet Shop Boys 38 Us Boys Together Clinging: One Night in a Gay Club 39 What Do We Want?: 2wo Third3 40 A Year in the Death of Freddie Mercury: Queen Afterwords Selected Bibliography Index
About the Author Acknowledgements Foreword by Andy Medhurst 1 Introduction 2 The Acid Queen: Mixmaster Morris 3 Ambisexuality 4 Baby Don't Apologize: Nirvana 5 Back in the YMCA: Village People 6 Bad?: Michael Jackson 7 Being Boring: Erasure 8 Blaming it on the Boogie: Stock, Aitken and Waterman 9 Cock Rock: The Secret History of the Penis in Pop 10 Dear Shaun: Happy Mondays 11 Dragged into the Future: Trannies With Attitude 12 Getting Away with It: Right Said Fred 13 The God that Failed?: Morrissey 14 Godfathers and Sugardaddies: Tom Watkins 15 The Happy Wanderer: Jimmy Somerville 16 Homo Psycho Sexy Burlesque: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 17 Hope I Get Old Before I Die: Pop and AIDS 18 The House That Frankie Built: Frankie Knuckles 19 Housewives' Choice: Female Fans and Unmanly Men 20 I'm Not Like Everybody Else: The Kinks 21 Just Good Friends?: Take That 22 Kerrang! The Sound of Confusion: Heavy Metal 23 Let's (Not) Talk About Sex: Sex, Pop and Censorship 24 Little Town Flirt: Suede 25 The London Boy: Colin Bell 26 Murmuring: REM 27 The Odd Couple: McAlmont (Thieves) 28 Out On Your Own: Kitchens of Distinction and Sugar 29 'Outrage and Boredom Just Go Hand in Hand': Manic Street Preachers 30 Pink Vinyl: Gay Dance Labels and Nu-NRG 31 Preaching to the Perverted: Homocore and Queercore 32 The Queen of New York: RuPaul 33 Relaxed: Holly Johnson 34 The Rhythm Divine: Jon Savage and Disco 35 Seriously: Pet Shop Boys 3 6 This Charming Man: Gene 37 Three Little Words: Pet Shop Boys 38 Us Boys Together Clinging: One Night in a Gay Club 39 What Do We Want?: 2wo Third3 40 A Year in the Death of Freddie Mercury: Queen Afterwords Selected Bibliography Index
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