Research Catalog

Title

Seduced and abandoned : essays on gay men and popular music / Richard Smith.

Author

Smith, Richard, 1968-

Publication

London : Cassell, 1995.

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Details

Description

253 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

An examination of the different ways that gay men use pop music, as producers and consumers and how, in turn, pop music uses gay men. From Erasure 'being boring' to 'little town flirt' Suede, the essays and interviews look at how pop is a platform to explore, articulate, conform to or contest notions of sexuality and gender. Seduced and Abandoned examines themes including ambisexuality, masculinity, new lads, camp and much more, creating a collection that is both challenging and contentious. A defence of cultural differences and an attack on cultural elitism, this book is as passionate and provocative as pop itself.

Subject

• Homosexuality and music
• Sex in music
• Gay musicians > Biography
• Homosexuality Related to Music

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-247).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Andy Medhurst -- The Acid Queen: Mixmaster Morris -- Ambisexuality -- Baby Don't Apologize: Nirvana -- Back in the YMCA: Village People -- Bad?: Michael Jackson -- Being Boring: Erasure -- Blaming it on the Boogie: Stock, Aitken and Waterman -- Cock Rock: The Secret History of the Penis in Pop -- Dear Shaun: Happy Mondays -- Dragged into the Future: Trannies With Attitude -- Getting Away with It: Right Said Fred -- The God that Failed?: Morrissey -- Godfathers and Sugardaddies: Tom Watkins -- The Happy Wanderer: Jimmy Somerville -- Homo Psycho Sexy Burlesque: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult -- Hope I Get Old Before I Die: Pop and AIDS -- The House That Frankie Built: Frankie Knuckles -- Housewives' Choice: Female Fans and Unmanly Men -- I'm Not Like Everybody Else: The Kinks -- Just Good Friends?: Take That -- Kerrang! The Sound of Confusion: Heavy Metal -- Let's (Not) Talk About Sex: Sex, Pop and Censorship -- Little Town Flirt: Suede -- The London Boy: Colin Bell -- Murmuring: REM -- The Odd Couple: McAlmont (Thieves) -- Out On Your Own: Kitchens of Distinction and Sugar -- 'Outrage and Boredom Just Go Hand in Hand': Manic Street Preachers -- Pink Vinyl: Gay Dance Labels and Nu-NRG -- Preaching to the Perverted: Homocore and Queercore -- The Queen of New York: RuPaul -- Relaxed: Holly Johnson -- The Rhythm Divine: Jon Savage and Disco -- Seriously: Pet Shop Boys -- This Charming Man: Gene -- Three Little Words: Pet Shop Boys -- Us Boys Together Clinging: One Night in a Gay Club -- What Do We Want?: 2wo Third3.

ISBN

• 0304333433 (cased)
• 0304333476 (pbk)

LCCN

gb^96004273^

OCLC

• 34118868
• SCSB-11422329

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library