Anton Blackburn

Journal article Journal of the Royal Musical Association · May 2024 AbstractWhat can queer theory, and drag performance, contribute to music semiotics? This paper proffers ‘dragging’ as a socio-cultural semiotics that demonstrates how musical meanings are dynamically queered through drag li ... Full text Open Access Cite

Voices That Matter: Authenticity, Identity, and Voice in the Musical Career of Lana Del Rey

Journal article Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology · June 15, 2020 Discursive authentications of singing voices in pop music reception are often rooted in gendered expectations. Moving away from essentialist understandings of the ‘authentic voice,’ this article proffers that voices are formati ... Full text Open Access Cite