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List of contents
Introduction
Mike Alleyne and Kirsty Fairclough
Part One Sound and Vision
1. Baby, I’m a Star: Prince's Purple Rain
Jason Wood, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
2. Under the Cherry Moon: Prince as His Most Authentic Self
De Angela L. Duff, New York University, USA
3. Before the Rain, 1980-1984: How Prince Got 'The Look'
Casci Ritchie, Independent Scholar, UK
4. Prettyman in the Mirror: Dandyism in Prince’s Minneapolis
Karen Turman, Harvard University, USA
5. The Sound of Purple: Prince and the Development of Minneapolis Sound
Maciej Smólka, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Part Two Purple Performance and Presence
6. Glam Slammed: Visual Identity in Prince’s Lovesexy
Mike Alleyne, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, and Kirsty Fairclough, University of Salford, UK
7. For You: The Neglected Guitar Style of Prince
Michael Ugrich, University of South Dakota, USA
8. To Make Purple, You Need Blue: Prince as Embodiment of the Postmodern Blues Aesthetic
Tom Attah, Leeds Arts University, UK
9. 'Tears Go Here': Commemorating the Minneapolis Prince and the International Prince
Suzanne Wint, Independent Scholar, USA
Part Three Gender
10. Re-Imagining Masculinity: Prince’s Impact on Millennial Attitudes Regarding Gender Expression
Natalie Clifford, Independent Scholar, USA
11. 'We Can’t Hate You, Because We Love You': A Look at Prince, Queerness, Misogyny and Feminism
Leah Stone McDaniel, Independent Scholar, USA, and Shannan Wilson, Virginia Union University, USA
12. "Flying Aboard the Seduction 747": Prince, Humour and Horizontal Erotics
Annie Potts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
13. When Were You Mine?: Prince’s Legacy in the Context of Transgender History
Joy Ellison, Ohio State University, USA
Part Four Politics and Race
14. Prince: Introduction of a New Breed Leader
Kamilah Cummings, DePaul University, USA
15. 'Microchip in Your Neck': Prince’s 'War'
Zack Stiegler, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
16. Prince: Conscious and Strategic Representations of Race
Twila L. Perry, Rutgers University School of Law, USA
17. It’s All About What’s in Your Mind: The Origins of Prince’s Political Consciousness
Crystal N. Wise, University of Michigan, USA
Index
About the author
Mike Alleyne is a Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University, USA. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Reggae: The Golden Age of Roots Reggae (2012) and contributing editor of Rhythm Revolution: A Chronological Anthology of American Popular Music - 1960s to 1980s (2015).Kirsty Fairclough is Professor of Screen Studies at the School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is the co-editor of The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop (2013), The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment (Bloomsbury, 2016), Music/Video: Forms, Aesthetics, Media (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Legacy of Mad Men: Cultural History, Intermediality and American Television (2020), Prince and Popular Culture (Bloomsbury, 2020), and author of the forthcoming Beyoncé: Celebrity Feminism and Popular Culture (Bloomsbury). She is the curator of Sound and Vision: Pop Stars on Film and In Her View: Women Documentary Filmmakers film seasons at HOME, Manchester and Chair of Manchester Jazz Festival.
