Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity

ISBN-13: 9781138647312 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 168 str.

Georgina Gregory

Opis

Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity provides a history of the boy band from The Beatles to One Direction, placing the modern male pop/dance/vocal harmony group within the context of other related examples drawn from twentieth century popular music culture.

Spis treści

Introduction / Chapter One. Definitions: What Constitutes a Boy Band? / Chapter Two. From Barbershop to Mainstream Pop / Chapter Three. Constructing the Product / Chapter Four. Marketing and Promotion / Chapter Five. Weapons of Mass Seduction: Performing Pop Masculinity / Chapter Six. Fandom, Texts and Practices / Chapter Seven. Breaking Up, Making Up and Moving On

O autorze

Georgina Gregory is Senior Lecturer for Film and Media at the University of Central Lancashire, where she teaches modules on popular music and youth culture. She is the author of Send in the Clones: A Cultural Study of the Tribute Band.