Kylie Minogue: Critical Insights into Pop Music and Media Celebrity

This pioneering study provides a critical appraisal of pop star Kylie Minogue. It argues that a study of this mononymous global pop icon and celebrity – as “Kylie,” she takes her place alongside Cher, Madonna and Beyoncé in the pop pantheon – is long overdue. Written by academics, music practitioners, and fans, this book argues that Minogue's persona, performances and reception provide new critical insights into contemporary pop music culture, digital media, and celebrity. It further argues that dismissals of Kylie underestimate her accomplishments as a pop artist and singer-songwriter and undermine fans of pop music who form deep, affective bonds with performers, songs and albums. Contributors draw on current perspectives in pop music studies, feminism, celebrity studies, fandom, and queer studies, a range revealing that to interpret Kylie is to engage compelling cultural frameworks. Across four parts (Pop Girlhood, Global Kylie, Dance Music, and Queer and Online Fandoms) the book demonstrates how Minogue he Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Kylie and Her Lovers: Performance, Celebrity, and Fandom Part I: Pop Girlhood Chapter 1: The “Aussie” Next Door: Neighbours, Charlene, and Kylie’s “Ocker” Origins Chapter 2: Performing White Girlhood: Kylie Minogue’s Pop Persona in the 1980s Part II: Global Kylie Chapter 3: Excuse My French: Kylie, Cosmopolitanism, and Creative Autonomy Chapter 4: The Golden Girl Next Door: Transmedia Celebrations of Kylie’s Fiftieth Chapter 5: From Reddy’s Roar to Kylie’s Padam: Relational Celebrity and Feminist Camp Part III: Dance Music Chapter 6: “I Wanna Go Out Dancing”: Disco and the Performative Persona of Kylie Minogue Chapter 7: From Underground to Mainstream: Kylie Minogue and French House Chapter 8: Can’t Get You Out of My Web: Remixing Kylie as Digital Creative Practice Part IV: Queer and Online Fandoms Chapter 9: Camping Up a Pop Princess: Kylie Minogue and Gay Iconicity Chapter 10: #PadamPadam: The Affective Spaces of K