178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 group within the wider context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music and culture. Offering the first extended look at pop masculinity as exhibited by boy bands, this volume links the evolving expressions of gender and sexuality in the... Read more
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
Biography
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.
