L. Holland

L. Holland is a Research Associate at the University of Bristol. Their PhD thesis, 'Queer Resonances: How Popular Music Alter Egos Perform Gender Queerness', looked at the performance of queer alter egos in pop music, analysing characters used by David Bowie, Prince, and Janelle Monáe. They have taught on hip-hop, gender studies, and music history, and have worked as a researcher on books about a wide range of musicians, from The Streets to Leonard Bernstein. Their work on Prince’s alter ego Camille as a trans* caricature can be found in the Journal of Popular Music Studies (36:1).