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.

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