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ABSTRACT
The music entertainment industry is very influential in creating/extending conversation around social issues and controversies. This paper examines the influence that musicians have over the understanding of gender norms and queerness. Specifically, this paper will highlight the musician by the name of Prince. His reign of funk and sensuality challenged the view of gender and sexuality; the coupling of masculinity and queerness. Three areas of Prince will be examined for evidence of queerness: physical appearance, song, and performance. The fluid stage set for prince’s masculinity boundary challenge will also be discussed.
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Tyler Gay
Tyler Gay is a M.A./Ph.D. graduate student in Sociology at Georgia State University. He graduated Jacksonville State University with a B.A. in Sociology and Political Science. His research interests are the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality.
Tina H. Deshotels
Tina H. Deshotels (Ph.D., Florida State University) is Professor and Sociology Program Coordinator in the Department of Sociology at Jacksonville State University. Her research focuses on deviance and gender as an institutionalized system reconstituted at the micro, meso and macro levels of analysis.
Craig J. Forsyth
Craig J. Forsyth is Professor of Sociology, a Picard Fellow, and holds the Jack and Gladys Theall/BORSF Professorship in Liberal Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the author of over 300 journal articles and book chapters. He is the author of The American Merchant Seaman: Struggle and Stigma (Taylor & Francis, 1989); coauthor (with Anthony Margavio) of Caught in the Net: The Conflict Between Shrimpers and Conservationists (Texas A&M Press, 1996); and coauthor (with Heith Copes) of the Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (Sage, 2014). His principal research interests are in the areas of deviance, crime, and delinquency. He received his PhD in sociology from Louisiana State University.