Overview

Prince’s position in popular culture has undergone only limited academic scrutiny. This book provides an academic examination of Prince, encompassing the many layers of his cultural and creative impact. It assesses Prince’s life and legacy holistically, exploring his multiple identities and the ways in which they were manifested through his recorded catalogue and audiovisual personae. In 17 essays organized thematically, the anthology includes a diverse range of contributions - taking ethnographic, musicological, sociological, gender studies and cultural studies approaches to analysing Prince’s career.

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Author:   Professor or Dr. Mike Alleyne (Professor - retired 2023, Middle Tennessee State University, USA) ,  Dr. Kirsty Fairclough (Associate Dean: Research and Innovation, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781501391750

ISBN 10:   1501391755
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 December 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Mike Alleyne and Kirsty Fairclough Part One Sound and Vision 1. Baby, I’m a Star: Prince's Purple Rain Jason Wood, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 2. Under the Cherry Moon: Prince as His Most Authentic Self De Angela L. Duff, New York University, USA 3. Before the Rain, 1980-1984: How Prince Got 'The Look' Casci Ritchie, Independent Scholar, UK 4. Prettyman in the Mirror: Dandyism in Prince’s Minneapolis Karen Turman, Harvard University, USA 5. The Sound of Purple: Prince and the Development of Minneapolis Sound Maciej Smólka, Jagiellonian University, Poland Part Two Purple Performance and Presence 6. Glam Slammed: Visual Identity in Prince’s Lovesexy Mike Alleyne, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, and Kirsty Fairclough, University of Salford, UK 7. For You: The Neglected Guitar Style of Prince Michael Ugrich, University of South Dakota, USA 8. To Make Purple, You Need Blue: Prince as Embodiment of the Postmodern Blues Aesthetic Tom Attah, Leeds Arts University, UK 9. 'Tears Go Here': Commemorating the Minneapolis Prince and the International Prince Suzanne Wint, Independent Scholar, USA Part Three Gender 10. Re-Imagining Masculinity: Prince’s Impact on Millennial Attitudes Regarding Gender Expression Natalie Clifford, Independent Scholar, USA 11. 'We Can’t Hate You, Because We Love You': A Look at Prince, Queerness, Misogyny and Feminism Leah Stone McDaniel, Independent Scholar, USA, and Shannan Wilson, Virginia Union University, USA 12. ""Flying Aboard the Seduction 747"": Prince, Humour and Horizontal Erotics Annie Potts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 13. When Were You Mine?: Prince’s Legacy in the Context of Transgender History Joy Ellison, Ohio State University, USA Part Four Politics and Race 14. Prince: Introduction of a New Breed Leader Kamilah Cummings, DePaul University, USA 15. 'Microchip in Your Neck': Prince’s 'War' Zack Stiegler, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA 16. Prince: Conscious and Strategic Representations of Race Twila L. Perry, Rutgers University School of Law, USA 17. It’s All About What’s in Your Mind: The Origins of Prince’s Political Consciousness Crystal N. Wise, University of Michigan, USA Index"

Reviews

Prince and Popular Music interrogates how each changed the other, offering a spectrum of approaches to an iconographic and enigmatic presence who graced any number of vibrant culture scenes with 40 years of innovation and invention. The contributors to this book got the music, and they got the look. * Benjamin Halligan, Director of the Doctoral College, University of Wolverhampton, UK * In a detailed examination of one of the most important and eclectic popular artists of all time, Alleyne and Fairclough curate a wide range of perspectives which detail music, aesthetics, representation and politics. This impressively comprehensive study is essential to any study of Prince but is also an important contribution to musicology, celebrity studies, American studies, issues of identity, gender, race and more. The significance of Prince is reflected in the significance of this book. * Robert Edgar, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, York St John University, UK, and co-editor of Music, Memory and Memoir (Bloomsbury, 2019) * This collection from the first-ever Prince symposium offers a compelling look into a wealth of interdisciplinary research inspired by and devoted to a pop artist of rare depth and complexity. The diversity of scholarship herein is a fitting tribute to Prince's opulent creativity and unbound persona. * Albin Zak, Professor of Music, University at Albany, USA *

Author Information

Mike Alleyne is a Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University, USA. He is the author of The Essential Hendrix: An A-Z Compendium (2020), The Encyclopedia of Reggae: The Golden Age of Roots Reggae (2012) and contributing editor of Rhythm Revolution: A Chronological Anthology of American Popular Music - 1960s to 1980s (2015). Kirsty Fairclough is Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford, UK. She is co-editor of Music/Video (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Arena Concert (Bloomsbury, 2015) and The Music Documentary (2013).

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