Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / Vincent L. Stephens.
Stephens, Vincent L., author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2019
ML3477 .S75 2019
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Title Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music / Vincent L. Stephens.
Author Stephens, Vincent L., author.
ISBN 9780252051661 (electronic book)
0252051661 (electronic book)
9780252042805
0252042808
9780252084638
0252084632
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Copyright ©2019
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number ML3477 .S75 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 781.64086/640973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Corporate Author ProQuest (Firm)
Series New perspectives on gender in music.
Available in Other Form Rocking the Closet
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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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