Matthew J. Jones is Assistant Professor of Musicology in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. His work explores the intersections of music and LGBTQ+ history, culture, and activism, particularly music and the HIV/AIDS crisis.

List of Figures

Preface

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Palimpsests

Chapter Three: Intertexts

Chapter Four: Pedagogies

Chapter Five: Conspiracies

Chapter Six: Testimonials

Chapter Seven: Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Index

Matthew Jones provides the first full-length perspective on Western musical responses to the AIDS epidemic and explores how English-language popular music was used, composed, and performed in the context of the North American crisis.