<DIV>When it first appeared in the early 1970s, glam rock not only caused a stir among audiences and performers, it also stood counterculture and psychedelic rock on their heads. Glam rock was outrageous and overtly theatrical, and its unforgettable characters-adorned with flamboyant costumes and heavy makeup and accompanied by elaborately constructed sets-were personified by performers such as Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, and Suzi Quatro. A sea change in rock performance had occurred.<BR><BR>Yet glam was as much about substance as style, and <I>Performing Glam Rock</I> delves into the many ways glam paved the way for new explorations of identity in terms of gender, sexuality, and performance. Philip Auslander positions glam historically and examines it as a set of performance strategies, exploring the ways in which glam rock-while celebrating the showmanship of 1950s rock and roll-began to undermine rock's adherence to the ideology of authenticity in the late 1960s.<br><BR>In this important study of a too-often-overlooked phenomenon, Auslander takes a fresh look at the genius of the glam movement and introduces glam to a new generation of performance enthusiasts and scholars alike.<BR><BR>Philip Auslander is Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of numerous books, including <I>Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture</I> and <I>Presence and Resistance: Postmodernism and Cultural Politics in Contemporary American Performance</I>. He is editor of the major reference work<I> Performance: Critical Concepts</I> and coeditor, with Carrie Sandahl, of <I>Bodies in Commotion: Disability and Performance</I>.<BR></DIV>