The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture from the Margins to the Mainstream
Nearly comprehensive ... The story Savage tells is a rich and fascinating one, shedding new light on familiar icons and bringing forgotten ones out of the past ... The legacy of performers like Sylvester continues to inspire new generations of queer artists and audiences, and The Secret Public is an invaluable guide to anyone wanting to understand how it all got started.
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His intention in The Secret Public is to show how gay musicians and audiences affected the mainstream, but too often the connections are left implied ... One of the pleasures of The Secret Public is its description of who listened to what records.
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Skillful ... This is a meticulously researched tome ... We can only hope this book might herald a sequel in which Savage can turn his rigorous depth and tenderness to what did happen next.
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