Chloë Edwards
Biographic Data
| ID | 9062911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chloë Edwards |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chloë |
| FAMILY NAME | Edwards |
| SIGNATURE | EDWARDS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3087-3529 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Hit that perfect beat, boy’
This paper offers a queer reading of the emerging Hi-NRG subgenre in Britain in the 1980s and contends that the physical significance of the autonomous dancing queer body remains radically symbolic and critical in a period in which queer bodies, specifically those of gay men, were too often discriminately depicted in the context of anxiety and infection. Illuminated by the ideas of queer theorists (José Esteban Muñoz) and musicologists (Judith A.…
Cosmic Dancers, Cosmetic Shells
This paper concentrates on the ways in which masculinity and male (homo)sexuality were challenged, depicted, and expressed within the New Romantic subculture of Margaret Thatcher’s first term (1979-1983). Centring on the subculture’s nucleus, the Blitz nightclub in London’s Covent Garden, which served as a safe space in which its clientele could explore their identities away from the prevailing Conservative ideology of the time, I examine the wor…
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Cosmic Dancers, Cosmetic Shells
This paper concentrates on the ways in which masculinity and male (homo)sexuality were challenged, depicted, and expressed within the New Romantic subculture of Margaret Thatcher’s first term (1979-1983). Centring on the subculture’s nucleus, the Blitz nightclub in London’s Covent Garden, which served as a safe space in which its clientele could explore their identities away from the prevailing Conservative ideology of the time, I examine the wor…
‘Hit that perfect beat, boy’
This paper offers a queer reading of the emerging Hi-NRG subgenre in Britain in the 1980s and contends that the physical significance of the autonomous dancing queer body remains radically symbolic and critical in a period in which queer bodies, specifically those of gay men, were too often discriminately depicted in the context of anxiety and infection. Illuminated by the ideas of queer theorists (José Esteban Muñoz) and musicologists (Judith A.…
Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Queer (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work) · Dance (1 work) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (1 work) · Ethos (1 work)