| Description |
xxvi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN |
9780393066753 hardback |
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0393066754 hardback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I hear a symphony : black masculinity and the disco turn -- More, more, more : one and oneness in gay disco -- Ladies' night : women and disco -- The homo superiors : disco and the rise of gay macho -- Saturday night fever : the little disco movie -- One nation under a thump? : disco and its discontents. |
| Summary |
American studies scholar and former deejay Alice Echols captures the experience of the Disco Years--on dance floors, at the movies, in the streets, and beneath the sheets. Disco may have presented itself as shallow and disposable--the platforms, polyester, and plastic vibe of it all--but the disco scene carved out a haven for gay men who reclaimed their sexuality on dance floors where they had once been surveilled and harassed; it thrust black women onto center stage as some of the genre's most prominent stars; and it paved the way for the opening of Studio 54 and the viral popularity of the shoestring-budget Saturday Night Fever, a movie that challenged traditional notions of masculinity, even for heterosexuals. But while exploring the cultural milieu, Echols never loses sight of the era's defining soundtrack, which propelled popular music into new sonic territory, influencing everything from rap and rock to techno and trance.--From publisher description. |
| Library Class |
Music F40
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| Subject |
Disco music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Music -- Social aspects.
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