Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory

D-M Withers

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Hammeron Press
15 March 2010

Music; Cultural studies; Social issues & processes; Folklore, myths & legends; Sociology; Psychology of gender; Sexual behaviour

Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory presents Kate Bush as you have never seen her before. Encounter the polymorphously perverse Kate, the witchy Kate, the queer Kate; the Kate who moves beyond the mime.

Through in-depth readings of the often critically neglected works of Bush’s career (The Kick Inside, Lionheart, The Dreaming, The Red Shoes and her film The Line, the Cross and the Curve), Withers guides the reader through the complexity of Bush’s art and how it transformed popular culture.

Not just another book about Kate Bush.

By: D-M Withers
Imprint: Hammeron Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 286g
ISBN: 9780956450708
ISBN 10: 0956450709
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 15 March 2010
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory: Introduction The Kick Inside: The Beginning of the Journey Lionheart and the Queer Life of the BFS Never for Ever: the continuity and change of the BFS The Dreaming, the Breakdown and Becomings of the BFS The Red Shoes and the death of the BFS The rebirth of the Notes Glossary Bibliography

Reviews for Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory

An in-depth labour of love from a genuine Bush fanatic -- Mark Radcliffe. I have never in my life laughed out loud while reading cultural theory. Until now! Deborah Withers has created a text that is a dream come true for gender studies, musicology and fandom. This is just what we hoped for, a weaving of theory, historical data, imagination and activism tied with astute observation and wry wit. This intense semi-biographical read through the oeuvre of Kate Bush is something to be proud of. Cultural Studies has met its match in a readable stretch of the boundaries of theory and genres. -- Allyson Mitchell, artist and scholar