Richard Dyer
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"All my life I've liked the wrong music. I never liked Elvis an drock 'n' roll; I always preferred Rosemary Clooney. And since I became a socialist, I've often felt virtually terrorised by the prestige of rock and folk on the left. How could I admit to two Petula Clark L.P.s in the face of miners' songs from the North East and the Rolling Stones?"--"In Defense of Disco" (1979) by Richard Dyer |
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Richard W. Dyer (born 1945 in Leeds) is an English academic specialising in cinema
In his paper, "In Defense of Disco" (1979), Richard Dyer claims eroticism as one of the three main characteristics of disco. As opposed to rock music which has a very phallic centered eroticism focusing on the sexual pleasure of men over other persons, Dyer describes disco as featuring a non-phallic full body eroticism.
