The secret public : how music moved queer culture from the margins to the mainstream / Jon Savage.

Author/creator Savage, Jon author.
Format Book
EditionFirst American edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2025.
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionxiii, 769 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Portion of title How music moved queer culture from the margins to the mainstream
Contents Introduction -- Part one: November 1955. Little Richard ; Johnnie Ray ; Scandal and disguise ; The homosexual in America ; Against the law ; James Dean ; 1956 -- Part two: September 1961. John Leyton and Joe Meek ; Billy Fury and Larry Parnes ; Colin MacInnes and Teenage Fashion ; Victim ; The rejected ; Pop/Art ; 1962 -- Part three: June 1967. Dusty Springfield, Janis Joplin and Janis Ian ; Brian Epstein ; The gay managers ; Legalisation ; Gay power ; Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground ; 1968 -- Part four: January 1973. David Bowie ; Stonewall and its aftermath ; Gay news ; Warhol's world ; The New York Dolls ; The Loft and the Gallery ; 1974 -- Part five: January 1978. Robert Stigwood and Saturday night fever ; Harvey Milk and San Francisco ; The Tom Robinson Band ; Jubilee and Nighthawks ; Andy Warhol and Studio 54 ; The Village People and Sylvester ; 1979.
Abstract "A monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979: award-winning author Jon Savage takes us on a fast and captivating journey through the history of pop music as seen through the eyes of queer artists."--Amazon.com
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 673-738) and index.
Genre/formPopular music.
Genre/formMusique populaire.
ISBN9781324096108 (hardcover)
ISBN1324096101 (hardcover)
Stock numberW W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795

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