k.d. lang's Ingénue

Joanna McNaney Stein (CUNY, Kingsborough Community College, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic USA
28 December 2023

Music reviews & criticism; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Gay & Lesbian studies

Series: 33 1/3

"Canadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed “cowpunk,” with her band, the Reclines. Despite Grammy-award-winning recordings and frequent North American TV spots, mainstream country radio excluded lang from airplay due to her unconventional gender presentation and perceived sexuality. Not until lang’s 1992 pop album Ingénue, the release of the single “Constant Craving,” and her subsequent coming out in The Advocate did lang earn critical acclaim worldwide.

The book addresses lang’s rise to fame after switching genres, the successful reinvention of her sound and persona, and how she found herself immersed in the whirlwind of MTV and the ""lesbian chic"" aesthetic of 1990s pop culture. As an LGBTQ author, Joanna McNaney Stein discusses her adolescence and sexual development by weaving in short narrative prose pieces with her analysis of lang and Ingénue. Also included are interviews with lang's musical collaborators: Ingénue co-writer Ben Mink, drummer Fred Eltringham, pianist Daniel Clarke, and singer-songwriter Laura Veirs."

By: Joanna McNaney Stein (CUNY Kingsborough Community College USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 121mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781501389191
ISBN 10: 150138919X
Series: 33 1/3
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 28 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joanna McNaney Stein is a writer and an Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Kingsborough. Her creative work has appeared in Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction, PopMatters, Bust, LGBTQ Nation, The Brooklyn Rail, and the satirical Hard Times. Twitter/Instagram @joannafolk www.joanna-stein.com