"This pioneering study provides a critical appraisal of pop star Kylie Minogue. It argues that a study of this mononymous global pop icon and celebrity - as "Kylie," she takes her place alongside Cher, Madonna and Beyoncâe in the pop pantheon - is long overdue. This book argues that Minogue's persona, performances and reception provide new critical insights into contemporary pop music culture, digital media, and celebrity. It further argues that dismissals of Kylie underestimate her accomplishments as a pop artist and singer-songwriter and undermine fans of pop music who form deep, affective bonds with performers, songs and albums"--…mehr
"This pioneering study provides a critical appraisal of pop star Kylie Minogue. It argues that a study of this mononymous global pop icon and celebrity - as "Kylie," she takes her place alongside Cher, Madonna and Beyoncâe in the pop pantheon - is long overdue. This book argues that Minogue's persona, performances and reception provide new critical insights into contemporary pop music culture, digital media, and celebrity. It further argues that dismissals of Kylie underestimate her accomplishments as a pop artist and singer-songwriter and undermine fans of pop music who form deep, affective bonds with performers, songs and albums"--
Stephen O'Neill is Associate Professor in English, National University of Ireland Maynooth. The author of Shakespeare and YouTube (Arden Shakespeare / Bloomsbury 2014), Staging Ireland: Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama (2007), and co-editor of The Arden Research Handbook to Shakespeare and Adaptation (Arden Shakespeare /Bloomsbury 2022), he has published widely on adapted Shakespeare. His new research is in the arboreal humanities. Maria Pramaggiore is Professor and Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, USA. She has published widely on film and media and gender and sexuality. Recent publications include 'Feminism and Auteurism and the 1970s, In Theory,' in Women and New Hollywood: Gender, Creative Labor and 1970s American Cinema, ed. Aaron Hunter and Martha Shearer (2023) and 'Streaming Bloody Murder: Documentary Celebrity and Sophie Toscan du Plantier Anniversary Media,' co-authored with Páraic Kerrigan (Celebrity Studies, 2023).
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List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Kylie and Her Lovers: Performance, Celebrity and Fandom Stephen O'Neill (Maynooth University, Ireland) and Maria Pramaggiore (Appalachian State University, USA) I: Pop Girlhood 1. The 'Aussie' Next Door: Neighbours, Charlene, and Kylie's 'Ocker' Origins Joanna McIntyre McIntyre (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) and Anthea Taylor (University of Sydney, Australia) 2. Performing White Girlhood: Kylie Minogue's Pop Persona in the 1980s Laura Watson (Maynooth University, Ireland) II: Global Kylie 3. Excuse My French: Kylie, Cosmopolitanism and Creative Autonomy Drago Momcilovic (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 4. The Golden Girl Next Door: Transmedia Celebrations of Kylie's 50th Ruth A Deller (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 5. From Reddy's Roar to Kylie's Padam: Relational Celebrity and Feminist Camp Maria Pramaggiore (Appalachian State University, USA) III: Dance Music: Disco, House, Remix 6. 'I Wanna Go Out Dancing': Disco and the Performative Persona of Kylie Minogue Lee Barron (Northumbria University, UK) 7. From Underground to Mainstream: Kylie Minogue and French House Sébastien Lebray (University of Strasbourg, France) 8. Can't Get You Out Of My Web: Remixing Kylie as Digital Creative Practice Claire Fitch (Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland) IV: Queer and Online Fandoms: Performing Kylie 9. Camping Up a Pop Princess: Kylie Minogue and Gay Iconicity Páraic Kerrigan (University College Dublin, Ireland) 10. #PadamPadam: The Affective Spaces of Kylie Minogue's Digital Media Fandoms Stephen O'Neill (Maynooth University, Ireland) 11. Against Interpretation (after Kylie) Sunil Manghani (University of Southampton, UK) Index
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Kylie and Her Lovers: Performance, Celebrity and Fandom Stephen O'Neill (Maynooth University, Ireland) and Maria Pramaggiore (Appalachian State University, USA) I: Pop Girlhood 1. The 'Aussie' Next Door: Neighbours, Charlene, and Kylie's 'Ocker' Origins Joanna McIntyre McIntyre (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) and Anthea Taylor (University of Sydney, Australia) 2. Performing White Girlhood: Kylie Minogue's Pop Persona in the 1980s Laura Watson (Maynooth University, Ireland) II: Global Kylie 3. Excuse My French: Kylie, Cosmopolitanism and Creative Autonomy Drago Momcilovic (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 4. The Golden Girl Next Door: Transmedia Celebrations of Kylie's 50th Ruth A Deller (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 5. From Reddy's Roar to Kylie's Padam: Relational Celebrity and Feminist Camp Maria Pramaggiore (Appalachian State University, USA) III: Dance Music: Disco, House, Remix 6. 'I Wanna Go Out Dancing': Disco and the Performative Persona of Kylie Minogue Lee Barron (Northumbria University, UK) 7. From Underground to Mainstream: Kylie Minogue and French House Sébastien Lebray (University of Strasbourg, France) 8. Can't Get You Out Of My Web: Remixing Kylie as Digital Creative Practice Claire Fitch (Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland) IV: Queer and Online Fandoms: Performing Kylie 9. Camping Up a Pop Princess: Kylie Minogue and Gay Iconicity Páraic Kerrigan (University College Dublin, Ireland) 10. #PadamPadam: The Affective Spaces of Kylie Minogue's Digital Media Fandoms Stephen O'Neill (Maynooth University, Ireland) 11. Against Interpretation (after Kylie) Sunil Manghani (University of Southampton, UK) Index
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