Prince and Popular Music

Mike Alleyne is a Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University, USA. He is the author of The Essential Hendrix: An A-Z Compendium (2020), 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 Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford, UK. She is co-editor of Music/Video (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Arena Concert (Bloomsbury, 2015) and The Music Documentary (2013).

Prince and Popular Music interrogates how each changed the other, offering a spectrum of approaches to an iconographic and enigmatic presence who graced any number of vibrant culture scenes with 40 years of innovation and invention. The contributors to this book got the music, and they got the look.

• IntroductionMike Alleyne and Kirsty FaircloughPart One Sound and Vision1. Baby, I’m a Star: Prince's Purple RainJason Wood, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK2. Under the Cherry Moon: Prince as His Most Authentic SelfDe Angela L. Duff, New York University, USA3. Before the Rain, 1980-1984: How Prince Got 'The Look'Casci Ritchie, Independent Scholar, UK4. Prettyman in the Mirror: Dandyism in Prince’s MinneapolisKaren Turman, Harvard University, USA5. The Sound of Purple: Prince and the Development of Minneapolis SoundMaciej Smólka, Jagiellonian University, PolandPart Two Purple Performance and Presence6. Glam Slammed: Visual Identity in Prince’s LovesexyMike Alleyne, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, and Kirsty Fairclough, University of Salford, UK7. For You: The Neglected Guitar Style of PrinceMichael Ugrich, University of South Dakota, USA8. To Make Purple, You Need Blue: Prince as Embodiment of the Postmodern Blues AestheticTom Attah, Leeds Arts University, UK9. 'Tears Go Here': Commemorating the Minneapolis Prince and the International PrinceSuzanne Wint, Independent Scholar, USAPart Three Gender10. Re-Imagining Masculinity: Prince’s Impact on Millennial Attitudes Regarding Gender ExpressionNatalie Clifford, Independent Scholar, USA11. 'We Can’t Hate You, Because We Love You': A Look at Prince, Queerness, Misogyny and FeminismLeah Stone McDaniel, Independent Scholar, USA, and Shannan Wilson, Virginia Union University, USA12. "Flying Aboard the Seduction 747": Prince, Humour and Horizontal EroticsAnnie Potts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand13. When Were You Mine?: Prince’s Legacy in the Context of Transgender HistoryJoy Ellison, Ohio State University, USAPart Four Politics and Race14. Prince: Introduction of a New Breed LeaderKamilah Cummings, DePaul University, USA15. 'Microchip in Your Neck': Prince’s 'War'Zack Stiegler, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA16. Prince: Conscious and Strategic Representations of RaceTwila L. Perry, Rutgers University School of Law, USA17. It’s All About What’s in Your Mind: The Origins of Prince’s Political ConsciousnessCrystal N. Wise, University of Michigan, USAIndex