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HIS 315G 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I. Latin RhythmsII. Chicano RockIII. SalsaIV. Latin FusionOutline of Current Lecture I. DiscoII. StonewallIII. HomosexualityIV. Sexual revolutionCurrent LectureDisco: music with a bad rap, emerges in the 19670's -Huge backlash against the music because of all the negative associations-Listen for Latin influences in Disco Why disco matters?-More than just a form of music; a lifestyle with a distinct dace style, fashion, film and "sensibility" -Sexual revolution -> sexuality, gay liberation-New recording technologies change the genre, emergence of a DJ Billboard introduces the term "disco hit" in 1973, began as party music in black and Latino underground clubs Stonewall Riots in 1969; standard policy at this time to raid gay clubs very frequently; queer relationships were illegal at this time-June 27th, 1969 police came in and the clientele threw rocks and bottles at the police and chased them out, no one really knows why this happened on this particular days Coming out: Homosexuality is no longer classified as a psychiatric disorder in 1973-New visibility, employment protection, openly gay neighborhoods Linking disco to sexuality; the sexual revolution-The pill-The Joy of Sex bookThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Roe V. Wade Radio is the afterthought of Disco -> starts in the clubs, gets modified to be on the radio and thengets re-modified to be back to the clubs so they can be longer -DJ's become instrumental in "making or breaking" musicians' careers -12' record makes songs longer and louder to facilitate dancing Movie: Saturday Night Fever (1977) gives enormous visibility to disco-Dance is highly sexualized in the movie-Based on swing; many moves are very similar -Different cultures interpret the dance differently Studio 54: elite nightclub in NYC making millions off this boom Overt & Covert: gay subtexts in middle America-The Village People: many people didn't initially look at them and think "queer" -Macho Drag; mocking rough masculine drag -Original expose of YMCA in Can't Stop The Music


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