A Kiss Across The Ocean Transatlantic Intimacies Of British Postpunk And Us Latinidad Richard T Rodrguez by Richard T. Rodríguez 9781478015949, 1478015942 instant download after payment.

In A Kiss across the Ocean Richard T. Rodríguez examines the relationship between British post-punk musicians and their Latinx audiences in the United States since the 1980s. Melding memoir with cultural criticism, Rodríguez spotlights a host of influential bands & performers including Siouxsie & the Banshees, Adam Ant, Bauhaus, Soft Cell, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, & Pet Shop Boys. He recounts these bands’ importance for him & other Latinx kids & discusses their frequent identification with these bands’ glamorous performance of difference.

Whether it was Siouxsie Sioux drawing inspiration from Latinx contemporaries & cultural practices or how Soft Cell singer Marc Almond’s lyrics were attuned to the vibrancy of queer Latinidad, Rodríguez shows how Latinx culture helped shape British post-punk. He traces the fandom networks that link these groups across space and time to illuminate how popular music establishes & facilitates intimate relations across the Atlantic. In so doing, he demonstrates how the music & styles that have come to define the 1980s hold significant sway over younger generations equally enthused by their matchlessly pleasurable & political reverberations.