A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad Rodrguez Richard T.
A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad Rodrguez Richard T. In A Kiss across the Ocean Richard T. Melding memoir with cultural criticism, Rodrguez…
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A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad Rodrguez Richard T.
In A Kiss across the Ocean Richard T. Melding memoir with cultural criticism, Rodrguez spotlights a host of influential bands and performers including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Adam Ant, Bauhaus, Soft Cell, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Pet Shop Boys. Rodrguez examines the relationship between British post-punk musicians and their Latinx audiences in the United States since the 1980s.
Whether it was Siouxsie Sioux drawing inspiration from Latinx contemporaries and cultural practices or how Soft Cell singer Marc Almond's lyrics were attuned to the vibrancy of queer Latinidad, Rodrguez shows how Latinx culture helped shape British post-punk. He recounts these bands' importance for him and other Latinx kids and discusses their frequent identification with these bands' glamorous performance of difference. He traces the fandom networks that link these groups across space and time to