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Prince : the Making of a Pop Music Phenomenon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2011Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317075943
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prince: the Making of a Pop Music PhenomenonDDC classification:
  • 781.66092000000003
LOC classification:
  • ML420.P974 H39 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Music Examples -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of the Authentic Pop Icon -- 2 Inscriptions of Otherness: Dandyism, Style and Queer Sensibility -- 3 A God of Earthly Pleasures -- 4 Voicing the Erotic and the Sublime -- 5 'Take Me with U, Prince': Female Identifications with a Male Pop Icon -- 6 The Princian Sonic Universe: Matters of Compositional and Performative Proficiency -- 7 The Live Experience: Performance and Performativity at the O2 Arena -- Selected Discography/Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This much-needed interdisciplinary analysis is the first of its kind to examine critically Prince's popular music, performances, sounds, lyrics and the plethora of accompanying visual material such as album covers, posters, fashions, promotional videos and feature films. Specifically, the book explores how and why he has played such a profoundly meaningful and significant role in his fans' lives.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Music Examples -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of the Authentic Pop Icon -- 2 Inscriptions of Otherness: Dandyism, Style and Queer Sensibility -- 3 A God of Earthly Pleasures -- 4 Voicing the Erotic and the Sublime -- 5 'Take Me with U, Prince': Female Identifications with a Male Pop Icon -- 6 The Princian Sonic Universe: Matters of Compositional and Performative Proficiency -- 7 The Live Experience: Performance and Performativity at the O2 Arena -- Selected Discography/Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.

This much-needed interdisciplinary analysis is the first of its kind to examine critically Prince's popular music, performances, sounds, lyrics and the plethora of accompanying visual material such as album covers, posters, fashions, promotional videos and feature films. Specifically, the book explores how and why he has played such a profoundly meaningful and significant role in his fans' lives.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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