"Queering the Popular Pitch "is a new collection of 19 essays by
leading scholars on popular music. Following Routledge's landmark
1994 collection, "Queering the Pitch," these scholars aim to
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, sexual meaning--situating music within the
broader patterns of culture that it both mirrors and actively
reproduces.
The collection is divided into four parts. The first part,
"Queering Borders," moves queer theory into some neglected
histories of African American and Latino Musics, including jazz,
rap, and bolero. Part Two, "Queer Spaces," looks at areas of
popular music where queerness has played a role, from cabaret to
songs about the AIDS crisis. Part Three, "Hidden Histories," offers
three case studies of gender, generation, race, community, and
sexuality. Finally, Part Four, "Queer Thoughts, Mixed Media,"
explores how music/queering is mediated by visual culture and
videos.
"Queering the Popular Pitch" will appeal to students of popular
music and Gay/Lesbian studies. Like its predecessor and companion,
"Queering the Pitch," it promises to establish a new level of
discourse in a growing field of musicological research.
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