This thing called life
Subtitle: Prince, race, sex, religion, and music
By: Joseph Vogel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781501333989; 9781501333972
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Popular music; Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism
Description: "What were Prince's politics? What did he believe about God? And did he really forsake the subject--sex--that once made him the most subversive superstar of the Reagan era? In this illuminating, thematic biography, Joseph Vogel explores the issues that made Prince one of the late 20th century's most unique, controversial, and fascinating artists"--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: This thing called life; title: Not red, not blue, but purple: Prince and politics; title: His own genre: Prince and sound; title: We created this: Prince and race; title: Something that you'll never understand: Prince and gender; title: Let your body be free: Prince and sex; title: Looking for the ladder: Prince and religion; title: Transformed: Prince and death.