Queer tracks [[electronic resource] ] : subversive strategies in rock and pop music / / by Doris Leibetseder

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786495803321
• Autore: Leibetseder Doris
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Surrey, England, : Ashgate, 2012
• ISBN: 1-315-60325-X; 1-317-07257-X; 1-283-73880-5; 1-4094-3703-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Collana: Ashgate popular and folk music series
• Disciplina: 781.64086/6
• Soggetti: Rock music - History and criticism; Popular music - History and criticism; Gender identity in music; Queer theory; Music - Philosophy and aesthetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revised translation of Queere Tracks. Subversive Strategien in Rock- und Popmusik.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction Historical Prelude; Track 01: Irony - The Cutting Edge; Track 02: Parody - Gender Trouble; Track 03: Camp - Queer Revolt in Style; Track 04: Mask/Masquerade - Transforming the Gaze; Track 05: Mimesis/Mimicry - Poetic Aesthetic; Track 06: Cyborg - Transhuman; Track 07: Trans* - Border Wars?; Track 08: Dildo - Gender Blender; Fade Out: Looking Forward; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Queer Tracks describes motifs in popular music that deviate from heterosexual orientation, the binary gender system and fixed identities. This cutting-edge work deals with the key concepts of current gender politics and queer theory in rock and pop music, including irony, parody, camp, mask/masquerade, mimesis/mimicry, cyborg, transsexuality, and dildo. Queer Tracks is a revised translation of Queere Tracks. Subversive Strategien in Rock- und Popmusik, originally published in German.