When it first appeared in the early 1970s, glam rock not only
caused a stir among audiences and performers, it also stood
counterculture and psychedelic rock on their heads. Glam rock was
outrageous and overtly theatrical, and its unforgettable
characters-adorned with flamboyant costumes and heavy makeup and
accompanied by elaborately constructed sets-were personified by
performers such as Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, and Suzi
Quatro. A sea change in rock performance had occurred.
Yet glam was as much about substance as style, and Performing Glam Rock
delves into the many ways glam paved the way for new explorations of
identity in terms of gender, sexuality, and performance. Philip
Auslander positions glam historically and examines it as a set of
performance strategies, exploring the ways in which glam rock-while
celebrating the showmanship of 1950s rock and roll-began to undermine
rock's adherence to the ideology of authenticity in the late 1960s.
In
this important study of a too-often-overlooked phenomenon, Auslander
takes a fresh look at the genius of the glam movement and introduces
glam to a new generation of performance enthusiasts and scholars alike.
Philip
Auslander is Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and
Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of numerous
books, including Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture and Presence and Resistance: Postmodernism and Cultural Politics in Contemporary American Performance. He is editor of the major reference work Performance: Critical Concepts and coeditor, with Carrie Sandahl, of Bodies in Commotion: Disability and Performance.
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