Singing out Together: Towards a Queer Ethnography of Music and Sexuality
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A Queer Aes- Thetic Is Suggested in the Nostalgia of Orton’S List of 1930S Singers, Many of Whom Were Sex- Ual Nonconformists
Orton in Deckchair in Tangier. Courtesy: Orton Collection at the University of Leicester, MS237/5/44 © Orton Estate Rebel playwright Joe Orton was part of a ‘cool customer’, Orton shopped for the landscape of the Swinging Sixties. clothes on Carnaby Street, wore ‘hipster Irreverent black comedies that satirised pants’ and looked – in his own words the Establishment, such as Entertaining – ‘way out’. Although he cast himself Mr Sloane (1964), Loot (1965) and as an iconoclast, Emma Parker suggests What the Butler Saw (first performed that Orton’s record collection reveals a in 1969), contributed to a new different side to the ruffian playwright counterculture. Orton’s representation who furiously pitched himself against of same-sex desire on stage, and polite society. The music that Orton candid account of queer life before listened to in private suggests the same decriminalisation in his posthumously queer ear, or homosexual sensibility, that published diaries, also made him a shaped his plays. Yet, stylistically, this gay icon. Part of the zeitgeist, he was music contradicts his cool public persona photographed with Twiggy, smoked and reputation for riotous dissent. marijuana with Paul McCartney and wrote a screenplay for The Beatles. Described by biographer John Lahr as A Q U E E R EAR Joe Orton and Music 44 Music was important to Joe Orton from an early age. His unpublished teenage diary, kept Issue 37 — Spring 2017 sporadically between 1949 and 1951, shows that he saved desperately for records in the face of poverty. He also lovingly designed and constructed a record cabinet out of wood from his gran’s old dresser. -
Angriff Der Melancholie Malen, Anti-Kriegs-Demos, Fußball: Für Musik Haben Die Einst So Coolen Futuristen Von Massive Attack Nur Noch Wenig Zeit
Angriff der Melancholie Malen, Anti-Kriegs-Demos, Fußball: Für Musik haben die einst so coolen Futuristen von Massive Attack nur noch wenig Zeit. VON CHRISTOPH DALLACH Dummerweise hat das neue Album jede nur mögliche Werbung nötig. Denn so hoch die Erwartungen an das einstige Pop-Avantgarde-Genie wa- rfolg im Pop ist auch immer eine Frage des ren, so bitter werden sie nun enttäuscht: neun Moll-Electro-Hop-Balladen, Timings. Und was das betrifft, hat das pa- die grau und bedeutungsschwanger ohne jeden Pep dahinwummern. Auch Ezifistische britische Musiker-Kollektiv, das die üblichen Gastsänger wie Reggae-Veteran Horace Andy und die kurz- sich ganz martialisch Massive Attack nennt, kei- haarige Heulsuse Sinéad O’Connor helfen da nichts mehr. ne glückliche Hand. Als Anfang der neunziger Der Aussetzer der Bristoler Elektro-Stars zeigt, wie schwierig es ist, im Mu- Jahre die erste Single seines Debüt-Albums ãBlue sikgeschäft über mehrere Jahre innovativ zu bleiben. Das ist umso trauri- Lines“ erschien, verscheuchten die Amerikaner ger, als es der ganzen Branche derzeit an Innovationen mangelt. Dabei gerade Saddam Hussein aus Kuweit. Die Musiker waren Massive Attack mal eine Institution, die Ma§stäbe für die moderne beschlossen, zeitweilig die Attacke aus ihrem Na- Popmusik gesetzt hat. Ende der achtziger Jahre, hervorgegangen aus der men zu streichen. HipHop-DJ-Künstler-Gang Wild Bunch in der britischen Hafenstadt Bristol, In diesem Monat erscheint mit ã100th Window“ hatten Massive Attack prägenden Anteil an der Entstehung des so genann- (Virgin) das vierte Werk von Massive Attack, wie- ten TripHop. Einem Sound, der von gebremsten HipHop-Beats und ge- der gibt’s Krach zwischen dem Chef der Iraker pflegter Melancholie bestimmt wurde und bis heute in Cafés, Clubs und und den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, und Boutiquen nachhallt. -
VOL 04, NUM 17.Indd
“WISCONSIN” FROM SEVENTH PAGE who may not realize that marriage is already heterosexually defined. To say that this is a gay marriage amendment is grossly erroneous. In State of fact, this proposed amendment seeks to make it permanently impossible for us to ever seek civil unions or gay marriage. The proposed ban takes away rights—rights we do not even have. If our Disunion opposition succeeds, this will be the first time that PERCENT OF discrimination has gone into our state constitution. EQUAL RIGHTS YEAR OF OPENLY But our opposition will not succeed. I have GAY/LESBIAN been volunteering and working on this campaign AMERICA’S FIRST OCTOBER 2006 VOL. 4 NO. 17 DEATH SENTENCE STUDENTS for three years not because I have an altruistic that are forced to drop nature, but because I hold the stubborn conviction for sodomy: 1625 out: that fairness can prevail through successfully 28 combating ignorance. If I had thought defeating YEAR THAT this hate legislation was impossible, there is no way NUMBER OF I would have kept coming back. But I am grateful AMERICA’S FIRST SODOMY LAW REPORTED HATE that I have kept coming back because now I can be CRIMES a part of history. On November 7, turn a queer eye was enacted: 1636 in 2004 based on towards Wisconsin and watch the tables turn on the sexual orientation: conservative movement. We may be the first state to 1201 defeat an amendment like this, but I’ll be damned if YEAR THE US we’ll be the last. • SUPREME COURT ruled sodomy laws DATE THAT JERRY unconstitutional: FALWELL BLAMED A PINK EDITORIAL 2003 9/11 on homosexuals, pagans, merica is at another crossroads in its Right now, America is at war with Iraq. -
Manchester Pride Festival 2019 Accessibility Information Pack the Team at Manchester Pride Think It Important That Everyone
Manchester Pride Festival 2019 Accessibility information Pack The team at Manchester Pride think it important that everyone who attends The Festival can enjoy the event. As such we have put together information to help you plan and prepare for your visit to The Festival. __________________________________________________ Welcome to The Manchester Pride Parade 2019. What was once a march in protest and a cry for equality, The Manchester Pride Festival is now a hugely anticipated staple event in the city that recognizes how far LGBT+ rights have moved on, yet a political reminder that there is still work to do, as the diverse LGBT+ communities strive for total equality, both here and abroad. Each and every one of you helps us turn the city of Manchester into a kaleidoscope of colour, placing you at the heart of the celebrations and demonstrates to the world that Manchester is a city proud of its diverse communities. Manchester Pride Festival 2019 will be made up of; Manchester Pride Live, the Superbia Weekend, the Gay Village Party, Manchester Pride Parade, Youth Pride MCR and the Candlelit Vigil. Our internationally renowned event will come alive across the city, on a scale never before seen. Stretching from Mayfield to Deansgate with our heart in The Village. An unforgettable weekend awaits. __________________________________________________ Getting to the event Manchester enjoys first-class transport links, making it easy to get to the city, The Festival and for exploring Greater Manchester. For travel information to get to Manchester please visit here. For travel around Manchester once you arrive in our fabulous city, there are a number of transport networks to choose from: Metrolink Manchester's light tramway system runs a fast and frequent service and is ideal for getting to The Festival. -
LGBT History Months All Combined
Queer Expressions LGBT History Month at the V&A Saturday 24 February 2018 12: 00, 13:00, 14:00, 15: 00, 16: 00 All events are free, no booking required An intimate dinner with Constance Spry, hostess extraordinaire Prints & Drawing Seminar Room* (Henry Cole Wing) 12: 00 -12.45 More a tale than a talk: books, prints and photographs from the Word & Image Department illustrate an imaginary dinner party that might have been planned by Constance Spry. Deborah Sutherland introduces us to Spry’s wide circle of friends and connections including: Gluck, Cecil Beaton, Marie Laurencin, Eileen Gray, John Minton, Janet Flanner, and other cultural icons who influenced 20th century lifestyles and interiors. *This seminar room has limited capacity, visitors will be admitted on a first-come basis ‘Don’t tell anybody that we are wearing clothes made by Pierre Balmain’ Seminar Room3 (Henry Cole Wing) 13: 00 -13 :45 The V&A collections include a brown velvet suit made for Gertrude Stein by couturier Pierre Balmain. Join Dawn Hoskin as she reflects on the suit’s biography, from production to the present day, considering: Stein’s visual ‘lesbian identity’; Balmain’s identity as a designer; the relationship between client, friend and couturier; and numerous ‘queer connections’. ‘Britain’s Most Romantic Museum’?: Lesbian Spectatorship and Sculpture Meeting Point, Grand Entrance 14: 00 – 14 :45 Exploring the Daily Telegraph ’s claim that “museums and art galleries are temples of lust, positively throbbing with passion,” join Dr. Amy Mechowski on a journey through the Sculpture galleries as we find that passion for women and between women ignited in the history of the female nude. -
Joy Division and Cultural Collaborators in Popular Music Briana E
Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository August 2016 Not In "Isolation": Joy Division and Cultural Collaborators in Popular Music Briana E. Morley The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Keir Keightley The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Popular Music and Culture A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Master of Arts © Briana E. Morley 2016 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Other Music Commons Recommended Citation Morley, Briana E., "Not In "Isolation": Joy Division and Cultural Collaborators in Popular Music" (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3991. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3991 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Abstract There is a dark mythology surrounding the post-punk band Joy Division that tends to foreground the personal history of lead singer Ian Curtis. However, when evaluating the construction of Joy Division’s public image, the contributions of several other important figures must be addressed. This thesis shifts focus onto the peripheral figures who played key roles in the construction and perpetuation of Joy Division’s image. The roles of graphic designer Peter Saville, of television presenter and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, and of photographers Kevin Cummins and Anton Corbijn will stand as examples in this discussion of cultural intermediaries and collaborators in popular music. -
Syllabus Anth 5900.713 Special Problems Queer Anthropology and Activism Spring 2018
SYLLABUS ANTH 5900.713 SPECIAL PROBLEMS QUEER ANTHROPOLOGY AND ACTIVISM SPRING 2018 Professor: Dr. Jara Carrington Email: [email protected] Voice/Text: 346-201-2888 Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00-3:30, Thursdays 10:30-12, or by appointment Office: Chilton Hall 308C Class meetings: TBD Course Description: This guided readings course will help you, as an anthropologist, to think more “Queerly” about the construction and reproduction of sexual norms, identities, and subjects in the United States, and to consider how these norms, identities, and subject positions have influenced advocacy efforts for LGBTQ-identified individuals and communities. Like much of cultural anthropology, Queer anthropological theory and practice is by nature interdisciplinary. We will cover influential texts from a range of disciplines to understand how these ideas have helped shape the development and trajectory of queer anthropology. This collection of readings will also highlight the intersections of, and contradictions between, queer theoretical perspectives and ethnography. We will begin by tracing the development of queer anthropology as a subfield of anthropological theory and practice. Readings will elaborate a variety of frames that have been used to study sexuality as an object of analysis, and will reveal influential debates and contentions about its study. Next, we will examine foundational texts that interrogate how sexual norms, identities, and subject positions have been discursively produced in the west. To conclude, we will focus on Queer analyses of activism in the United States to understand how LGBTQ-identified individuals, communities, and activists have worked to navigate, and sometimes contest, processes of state recognition. Course Objectives: 1. -
THE RISE of LIFESTYLE ACTIVISM from New Left to Occupy
THE RISE OF LIFESTYLE ACTIVISM From New Left to Occupy NIKOS SOTIRAKOPOULOS The Rise of Lifestyle Activism Nikos Sotirakopoulos The Rise of Lifestyle Activism From New Left to Occupy Nikos Sotirakopoulos Loughborough University United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-137-55102-3 ISBN 978-1-137-55103-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55103-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016947743 © Th e Editor(s) (if applicable) and Th e Author(s) 2016 Th e author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identifi ed as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Th is work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and trans- mission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Th e use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Th e publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. -
Peter Hook L’Haçienda La Meilleure Façon De Couler Un Club
PETER HOOK L’HAÇIENDA LA MEILLEURE FAÇON DE COULER UN CLUB LE MOT ET LE RESTE PETER HOOK L’HAÇIENDA la meilleure façon de couler un club traduction de jean-françois caro le mot et le reste 2020 Ce livre est dédié à ma mère, Irene Hook, avec tout mon amour Reposez en paix : Ian Curtis, Martin Hannett, Rob Gretton, Tony Wilson et Ruth Polsky, sans qui l’Haçienda n’aurait jamais été construite LES COUPABLES Bien sûr que ça me poserait problème. Lorsque Claude Flowers m’a suggéré en 2003 d’écrire mes mémoires sur l’Haçienda, la première chose qui me vint à l’esprit est cette célèbre citation au sujet des années soixante : si vous vous en souvenez, c’est que vous n’y étiez pas. Tel était mon sentiment au sujet de l’Haç. J’allais donc avoir besoin d’un peu d’aide, et ce livre est le fruit d’un effort collectif. Claude a lancé les hostilités et m’a invité à me replonger dans de très nombreux souvenirs que je pensais avoir oubliés, tandis qu’Andrew Holmes m’a fourni ces « interludes » essentielles tout en se chargeant des démarches administratives. Je m’attribue le mérite de tout ce qui vous plaira dans ce livre. Si des passages vous déplaisent, c’est à eux qu’il faudra en vouloir. Avant-propos Nous avons vraiment fait n’importe quoi. Vraiment ? À y repenser aujourd’hui, je me le demande. Nous sommes en 2009 et l’Haçienda n’a jamais été aussi célèbre. En revanche, elle ne rapporte toujours pas d’argent ; rien n’a changé de ce côté-là. -
80 Choirs, 4 Days, 1 Voice
European LGBT Choral Festival 13 -16th June 2014 Singing in Freethe Concerts City 80 Choirs, 4 Days, 1 Voice Proudly supported by www.variousvoices.ie/city Various Voices Dublin and Dublin City Council are proud Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane to present the City of Dublin with a series of free concerts Parnell Square to celebrate the Various Voices festival, which is taking place in Dublin for the first time. Various Voices is an Saturday, 14th June international choral festival for gay,lesbian, bisexual and transgender choirs and choruses. These concerts will be Time Choir performed by choirs that have travelled from around the 14:30 Potomac Fever, USA world to take part in the Various Voices festival, and they 14:50 South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus, Wales are thrilled to be able to perform for the Irish public. 15:10 Goed Gestemd, Belgium There are over 50 choirs singing in four venues across Dublin 15:30 Out ‘n loud, Finland over the weekend: 15:50 Mannenkoorts, The Netherlands – City Hall, Dame Street – Meeting House Square, Temple Bar 16:10 Cantus Obliquus, The Netherlands – axis:ballymun and – Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square (The Hugh Lane Gallery) Sunday, 15th June No tickets are required for the city centre performances: Just show up at any point during the concert to enjoy the music. Time Choir You can stay for as long as you wish, or even concert-hop from 14:30 Pink Noise, Belgium one venue to another during the day! 14:50 Kleine Berliner Chorversuchung, Germany There are also four other points around the city centre that we 15:10 Dames 3, The Netherlands have designated as ‘pop-up choir’ locations: 15:30 Sweet & Power, Switzerland – Wolfe Tone Square (beside Jervis Shopping Centre) 15:50 Haags Homomannenkoor Vox Rosa, The Netherlands – Henry Street (outside Arnotts) – South King Street (outside The Gaiety Theatre) 16:10 Classical Lesbians, Germany – Castle Market (between George’s St. -
A Hard Left Fist
GLQ 7.1-05 Newton 1/11/01 12:10 PM Page 111 The GLQ Archive A HARD LEFT FIST Esther Newton Ialways thought I’d begin to tell my story with my mother, the Eldorado of my desire, but while I’ve been struggling to begin, the fathers and their masculine principle have pushed their way forward. Is it because my masculinity defines me more than my desire does? Or because masculinity is more associated with the disciplines of history and anthropology that have shaped my outlook? I had three fathers. The first was my mother’s first husband, a Hungarian Jewish refugee photographer named Laszlo Gluck, much older than she, who had died of a heart attack. On my original birth certificate he was named as my father, and I had his last name until I was eight years old. Recently, when I asked my mother why I had been named Esther-Mary, she said that these had been names of Gluck’s relatives; she had wanted to think of me as his child. My second father was Saul Newton, a Communist Party organizer, also Jewish, who had married my mother after World War II and then adopted me. These were the two fathers I was told about, growing up. At nineteen I learned that there had been a third man, whose affair with my mother had caused my birth. My biological “father”—would this person now be called a “sperm provider”?—was also Jewish and left-wing, the only kind of man who turned my WASP mother on. -
1 the Driver Mr Tahsin Cilekbileckli
F.html 07/12/2009 11:44 1 the driver Mr Tahsin Cilekbileckli Outward appearance Like Antonio Banderas in Interview with the Vampire, down to the long black hair. Neatly pressed London Underground uniform, except for the jacket, which is slung over the back of his chair. Unshaven, baggy-eyed. His Hush Puppy shoes are worn along one edge. Inside information A qualified [[136]] Turkish political scientist living in Britain with a British wife. He walks splay footedly because his feet were beaten while he was in prison. His name means Perfection With Steel Wrists. Turkish surnames are new this century, added under the rule of Ataturk -- Father Turk. Such names sound beautiful to them. What he is doing or thinking The train pulls out, Tahsin sighs with despair and exhaustion. Last night he argued with his two best friends about Islamic fundamentalism. Tunc teaches at the [[ftnt1]] School of Oriental and African Studies and is from an old Ottoman family. "There are only a million modern Turks, but we have all the power," Tunc said, heavy lidded with superiority. Tahsin's other friend Umut is a failed actor, drinking himself to death. "There would be no more wine," Umut complained. "Umut" means Hope. Tahsin lost his temper with both of them. Tahsin is from Marash, a town famous only for its rubbery ice cream. His mother and father are illiterate and faithful. "My modern son," sighs his father on the phone with pride when told Tahsin is writing a book on a computer. After all the other isms, Islam at least feels native.