Rocking the Closet
Title | Rocking the Closet PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent L Stephens |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-10-14 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780252084638 |
The all-embracing, "whaddya got?" nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume—but not see—their queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations.Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closet—both coming out and staying in—by analyzing the careers of Liberace, Johnny Mathis, Johnnie Ray, and Little Richard. Appealing to audiences hungry for novelty and exoticism, the four pop icons used performance and queering techniques that ran the gamut. Liberace's flamboyance shared a spectrum with Mathis's intimate sensitivity while Ray's overwrought displays as "Mr. Emotion" seemed worlds apart from Little Richard's raise-the-roof joyousness. As Stephens shows, the quartet not only thrived in an era of gray flannel manhood, they pioneered the ways generations of later musicians would consciously adopt sexual mystery as an appealing and proven route to success.
Rocking the closet
Title | Rocking the closet PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent L. Stephens |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Gay musicians |
ISBN |
Rocking the Closet
Title | Rocking the Closet PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent L Stephens |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | 343 |
Release | 2019-10-16 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0252051661 |
The all-embracing, "whaddya got?" nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume—but not see—their queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations.Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closet—both coming out and staying in—by analyzing the careers of Liberace, Johnny Mathis, Johnnie Ray, and Little Richard. Appealing to audiences hungry for novelty and exoticism, the four pop icons used performance and queering techniques that ran the gamut. Liberace's flamboyance shared a spectrum with Mathis's intimate sensitivity while Ray's overwrought displays as "Mr. Emotion" seemed worlds apart from Little Richard's raise-the-roof joyousness. As Stephens shows, the quartet not only thrived in an era of gray flannel manhood, they pioneered the ways generations of later musicians would consciously adopt sexual mystery as an appealing and proven route to success.
There's a God in My Closet
Title | There's a God in My Closet PDF eBook |
Author | Ben DeLong |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 2019-07-19 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1532658710 |
Many have been taught to see God as a terrifying agent of wrath who spews anger at any sign of imperfection. At the same time, they’ve been taught that they are inherently flawed and devoid of goodness. Where does that leave us? For Ben DeLong, it left him hiding his skeletons from the monster he believed God to be. This proved to be a perfect recipe for anxiety, depression, and insecurity. But what if God accepts our skeletons? What if he actually embraces them in love? How would that change our outlook? For Ben, it changed everything. This book is about his journey to find what was always true: we are eternally embraced by God, skeletons and all, and he is never letting go.
Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Rock Island in the State of Illinois
Title | Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Rock Island in the State of Illinois PDF eBook |
Author | John K. Scott |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Municipal charters and ordinances |
ISBN |
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Title | Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Patent and Trademark Office |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 992 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Patents |
ISBN |
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Title | Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office PDF eBook |
Author | USA Patent Office |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 2232 |
Release | 1891 |
Genre | |
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