Liberation on the Dance Floor

Popular Music and the Promise of Plurality

Craig Jennex (Toronto Metropolitan University)

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Cambridge University Press
02 October 2025

Dance; Music: styles & genres; Social & cultural history; Lesbian studies; Gay studies (Gay men)

Series: Elements in Music and the City

Lesbian and gay liberation movements of the twentieth century were made possible through heterogeneous dance music cultures that flourished in urban spaces. In an era of profound political challenges, collective dance enabled lesbian and gay individuals to connect with their bodies and the bodies of others, experience a sense of communal belonging, explore non-normative gender and sexual desires, and perceive individual and collective power in a heteronormative reality that regularly suppressed both. For lesbians and gays, collective dance introduced them to difference as a dynamic catalyst of political change, allowing them to experience the promise of liberation. This Element combines ethnographic research, archival materials, and popular music histories to analyze the role of popular music participation in lesbian and gay liberation in US cities and demonstrate how collective dance served as a transformative site of political contestation and imagination. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

By: Craig Jennex (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781009507615
ISBN 10: 1009507613
Series: Elements in Music and the City
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 02 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. Introduction: the political force of collective dance; 2. Dance and resistance; 3. Dancing to liberation; 4. Collective heat; 5. Disease on the dance floor; 6. Conclusion: we should be dancing; References.