The sex of Lady Gaga / Mathieu Dessem -- Lady Gaga's bodies / Elizabeth Kate Switaj -- Body language and "bad romance" / Jennifer M. Santos -- What a drag / Heather Duerre Humann -- Follow the glitter way / Katrin Horn -- Lady Gaga and the wolf / Jennifer M. Woolston -- Surrealism and the theatre of cruelty / Richard J. Gray II -- Rabelais meets Vogue / David Annandale -- The fame monster / Ann T. Torrusio -- The appropriation of the Madonna aesthetic / Rebecca M. Lush -- Performing pop / Matthew R. Turner -- I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon / Karley Adney -- Whiteness and the politics of "post-racial" America / Laura Gray-Rosendale ... [et al.].
Summary
"Three years after entering the pop music scene, Lady Gaga became the most well-known pop star in the world. These thirteen critical essays explore Lady Gaga's body of work through the interdisciplinary filter of performance identity"--Provided by publisher.