Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time
eBook - PDF

Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time

About this book

Contradicting assumptions that disco albums are shallow and packed with filler, Donna Summer's double album Once Upon A Time stands out as a piece that delivers on its promise of an immaculately crafted journey from start to finish. A new interpretation of the Cinderella story, it is set in the then contemporary world of New York disco and takes the listener on a journey from urban isolation and deep despair to joy and vindication, all filtered through the mind of its naĂŻve and fantasy-prone protagonist. As well as charting the production of the album within the legendary Munich Machine in Germany, this book digs deep into the album's rich themes and subtexts. Approaching the book from inventive angles, the four essays within the book act as a prism connecting the reader to the classical aspirations of Eurodisco, the history of the black fairy tale and a queer knowledge that reads Summer's Cinderella tale in some surprising ways.

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Information

Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781501355462
eBook ISBN
9781501355486
Edition
1
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. ONCE UPON A TIME Praise for the series:
  3. Forthcoming in the series
  4. Halftitle page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Title page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Introduction Once Upon A Time
  10. 1 Sweet Romance: A Tale of Two Discos
  11. 2 Faster and Faster to Nowhere: Fairy Tales and the Black Urban Experience
  12. 3 Working the Midnight Shift—Life and Music Inside the Munich Machine
  13. Brief Interlude A Man Like You or How to Get Your Man
  14. 4 Fairy Tale High: A Personal Reading of Once Upon A Time
  15. Happily Ever After—An Invitation
  16. Also available in the series
  17. Index