Popular Music and the Politics of Hope

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<P>In today''s culture, popular music is a vital site where ideas about gender and sexuality are imagined and disseminated. <I>Popular Music and the Politics of Hope: Queer and Feminist Interventions</I> explores what that means with a wide-ranging collection of chapters that consider the many ways in which contemporary pop music performances of gender and sexuality are politically engaged and even radical. With analyses rooted in feminist and queer thought, contributors explore music from different genres and locations, including Beyonc¿s <I>Lemonade</I>, A Tribe Called Red''s <I>We Are the Halluci Nation</I>, and celebrations of Vera Lynn''s 100th Birthday.</P><P>At a bleak moment in global politics, this collection focuses on the concept of critical hope: the chapters consider making and consuming popular music as activities that encourage individuals to imagine and work toward a better, more just world. Addressing race, class, aging, disability, and colonialism along with gender an