Who are pop dandies? Why are stars like David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty and
Robbie Williams so dandified? Taking up a wide range of British pop stars, Hawkins seeks …

This book investigates the phenomenon of queering in popular music and video, interpreting
the music of numerous pop artists, styles, and idioms. The focus falls on artists, such as Lady …

Why is gender inseparable from pop songs? What can gender representations in musical
performances mean? Why are there strong links between gender, sexuality and popular …

In Pop Masculinities, author Kai Arne Hansen investigates the performance and policing of
masculinity in pop music as a starting point for grasping the broad complexity of gender and …

The career of the prolific pop artist Prince has become inextricably intertwined with the
history of popular music since the late 1970s. This multi-instrumental icon, who remains one …

This chapter examines a range of perspectives and cluster of discourses that are informed
by the reading of one single video, Toxic, performed by pop icon Britney Spears. Intoxicating …

In the vast majority of pop music videos, a repertoire of norms disciplines the body through
stark imagery and processed sound. This is the underlying tenet of this essay, which …

This chapter explains the part of a wider study, which included 54 participants and explored
girls' engagement with pop music more generally. It includes the data collected in focus …

In 'Telephone', Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and the anonymous body of dancers wear US-flag
inspired outfits to dance in a diner filled with their victims' bodies: regular Americans who …

During the 2010s a new generation of queer hip hop artists emerged, providing an
opportunity to engage with a set of politics defined by art, fashion, lyrics and music. A …