Joshua Gamson

About The Author

Josh Gamson is a scholar of popular culture and social change, a professor of sociology, and the author of The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, The Music, The Seventies in San Francisco. Josh’s writing and criticism has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, CNN, and NPR, as well as in many documentaries, podcasts, and symposia.

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Books by Joshua Gamson

The Ballad of Teena Marie

Life, Music, and Soul Across the American Color Line

By Joshua Gamson

The improbable rise of Teena Marie, the white queen of soul who without ever being accused of cultural appropriation, defied genre, transcended race, and left a catalogue of music that is still adored today.

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