Christine/Chris/Redcar and Global Frenchness
Winthrop-King Institute, International Conference
Thursday, 20 October 2022
All times are in EDT
Panel 1
10.00-11.45 AM
Genres, collaborations, markets
Chair: Timothy Lomeli
- Romain Chareyron (University of Saskatchewan) « Faire corps » avec les mots: Christine and the Queens, ou le bouleversement des codes de la chanson française
- Michaël Spanu (University of Manchester), Chris et les nouveaux modèles d'export de musique "made in France"
- Deborah Hooper (Independent scholar), Covers and collaborations: how musical affiliations strategically consolidate existing audiences and reach new markets
- Martin Munro (Florida State University), Breaking Through in 2016: Hybridity, Relation, Tilting
Break
11.45 AM-12.00 PM
Panel 2
12.00-1.30 PM
Gender and queerness
Chair: Martin Munro
- Chris Tinker (Heriot-Watt University), Defining Queer in UK and French press coverage of Christine and the Queens.
- Ellie Brooks (University of Manchester) ,Genderfuck it! Disruption of the gender binary with Christine and the Queens
- Timothy Lomeli (Florida State University), Redcar: Beyond Gender? Celebrity Gender and "Post-Gender" Expression?
Break
1.30-2.00 PM
Roundtable
2.00-3.00 PM
From Christine to Chris to Redcar: Reflections on Gender, Genre, and Queer Celebrity
Opening Remarks: Barbara LeBrun and Denis Provencher
Roundtable discussion with all the conference speakers and organizers