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Introduction / Mike Alleyne and Kirsty Fairclough

Part One Sound and Vision

1. Baby, I'm a Star: Prince's Purple Rain Jason Wood, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

2. Under the Cherry Moon : Prince as His Most Authentic Self De Angela L. Duff, New York University, USA

3. Before the Rain, 1980-1984: How Prince Got 'The Look' Casci Ritchie, Independent Scholar, UK

4. Prettyman in the Mirror: Dandyism in Prince's Minneapolis Karen Turman, Harvard University, USA

5. The Sound of Purple: Prince and the Development of Minneapolis Sound Maciej Smólka, Jagiellonian University, Poland Part Two

Purple Performance and Presence

6. Glam Slammed: Visual Identity in Prince's Lovesexy Mike Alleyne, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, and Kirsty Fairclough, University of Salford, UK

7. For You: The Neglected Guitar Style of Prince Michael Ugrich, University of South Dakota, USA

8. To Make Purple, You Need Blue: Prince as Embodiment of the Postmodern Blues Aesthetic Tom Attah, Leeds Arts University, UK

9. 'Tears Go Here': Commemorating the Minneapolis Prince and the International Prince Suzanne Wint, Independent Scholar, USA

Part Three

Gender

10. Re-Imagining Masculinity: Prince's Impact on Millennial Attitudes Regarding Gender Expression Natalie Clifford, Independent Scholar, USA

11. 'We Can't Hate You, Because We Love You': A Look at Prince, Queerness, Misogyny and Feminism Leah Stone McDaniel, Independent Scholar, USA, and Shannan Wilson, Virginia Union University, USA 12. "Flying Aboard the Seduction 747": Prince, Humour and Horizontal Erotics Annie Potts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

13. When Were You Mine?: Prince's Legacy in the Context of Transgender History Joy Ellison, Ohio State University, USA Part Four

Politics and Race

14. Prince: Introduction of a New Breed Leader Kamilah Cummings, DePaul University, USA

15. 'Microchip in Your Neck': Prince's 'War' Zack Stiegler, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA

16. Prince: Conscious and Strategic Representations of Race Twila L. Perry, Rutgers University School of Law, USA

17. It's All About What's in Your Mind: The Origins of Prince's Political Consciousness Crystal N. Wise, University of Michigan, USA

Index.

Prince > Criticism and interpretation.

Popular music > United States > History and criticism.