Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216), discography (pages [217]-218) and index.
Contents:
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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