Table of Contents

1. Introduction:
Music and Identity: A Postwar Genealogy

2. Singing Smoothly:
Masculinity in Early Doo-Wop

3. The Blonde Who Knew Too Much:
The Whiteness of Doris Day

4. This Promise of Paradise:
Identity and Performance in the Pacific Theater

5. Making Sense of Silence:
John Cage's Queer Avant-Garde

6. Epilogue
The Practice of Identity

About the Author

Philip M. Gentry writes about music and politics in the United States. Originally from the Bay Area, he earned his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is currently assistant professor of music history at the University of Delaware, and lives in Philadelphia.

Reviews

"Gentry (Univ. of Delaware) provides a thoughtful analysis of musical processes of identity in the US during the Cold War period... Readers will appreciate Gentry's thorough assessment of methodologies and his nuanced interpretations... Highly recommended." --S. Schmalenberger