{"product_id":"glitter-up-the-dark-how-pop-music-broke-the-binary-paperback","title":"Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSasha Geffen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has music so often served as an accomplice to transcendent expressions of gender? Why did the query \"is he musical?\" become code, in the twentieth century, for \"is he gay?\" Why is music so inherently queer? For Sasha Geffen, the answers lie, in part, in music's intrinsic quality of subliminal expression, which, through paradox and contradiction, allows rigid gender roles to fall away in a sensual and ambiguous exchange between performer and listener. \u003ci\u003eGlitter Up the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e traces the history of this gender fluidity in pop music from the early twentieth century to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with early blues and the Beatles and continuing with performers such as David Bowie, Prince, Missy Elliot, and Frank Ocean, Geffen explores how artists have used music, fashion, language, and technology to break out of the confines mandated by gender essentialism and establish the voice as the primary expression of gender transgression. From glam rock and punk to disco, techno, and hip-hop, music helped set the stage for today's conversations about trans rights and recognition of nonbinary and third-gender identities. \u003ci\u003eGlitter Up the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e takes a long look back at the path that led here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasha Geffen is a writer based in Colorado. Their work focuses on the intersections between pop culture and gender and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003eNew Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769575244064,"sku":"9781477318782","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/437556b43033012f33e822d36e0f2026.webp?v=1780351108","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/glitter-up-the-dark-how-pop-music-broke-the-binary-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}