The performance identities of Lady Gaga
Subtitle: critical essays
By: edited by Richard J. Gray II
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786468300
Subjects: Gender identity in music; Political aspects; Criticism and interpretation; Popular music; History and criticism
Description: "Three years after entering the pop music scene, Lady Gaga became the most well-known pop star in the world. These thirteen critical essays explore Lady Gaga's body of work through the interdisciplinary filter of performance identity"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sex of Lady Gaga / Mathieu Dessem; title: Lady Gaga's bodies / Elizabeth Kate Switaj; title: Body language and "bad romance" / Jennifer M. Santos; title: What a drag / Heather Duerre Humann; title: Follow the glitter way / Katrin Horn; title: Lady Gaga and the wolf / Jennifer M. Woolston; title: Surrealism and the theatre of cruelty / Richard J. Gray II; title: Rabelais meets Vogue / David Annandale; title: The fame monster / Ann T. Torrusio; title: The appropriation of the Madonna aesthetic / Rebecca M. Lush; title: Performing pop / Matthew R. Turner; title: I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon / Karley Adney; title: Whiteness and the politics of "post-racial" America / Laura Gray-Rosendale ... [et al.].