Description: "This book unwraps a bubblegum pop, "Euro-trash" classic to offer the first in-depth examination of what lies beneath Aqua's sticky-sweet veneer. The author weaves their own autobiographical experiences with the album together with critical musical and visual analysis, unveiling Aqua's potential role in the development of millennial queer identities. Peeling back the layers of Aquarium reveals a confection rife with unexpected contradictions and possibilities; implicit expressions of non-normative gender and sexuality, fetishism, and adolescent lust give way to videos permeated by racial exoticism and masculinist heteronormativity"--
Brief description: C.C. McKee is Assistant Professor of Modern Art in the Department of History of Art at Bryn Mawr College, USA. McKee has curated exhibitions at the Block Museum, Iceberg Projects (Chicago, IL), and the Ghetto Biennale (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) and published various pieces of art criticism and articles in Art Forum, Art Journal, and CASVA Seminar Papers. McKee's research and curatorial projects have been supported by a number of grants including the American-Scandinavian Foundation Research Grant and the College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship.
Review Quotes: "An erudite and passionate celebration of queer culture and a band who may well have been a great deal more layered and whip hand than most of us ever imagined." --Louder than War