Highway to Purgatory: Catholic Sounds and Sensibilities in the Age of Cocaine

American Catholic Historical Association 25
Friday, January 7, 2022: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
(ALLWays Lounge and Theater, 2240 St. Claude Avenue)
Chair:
James T. Fisher, Fordham University
Papers:
"It’s Not Hard, Not Far to Reach": From Pastoral Places to Urban–Catholic Spaces in American Popular Music, 1962–77
James T. Fisher, Fordham University
Black Sabbath and the Catholic Origins of Heavy Metal
Michael Pasquier, Louisiana State University
“My God Helps Me Pick Curtains”: Catholicism and the Androgynous Aesthetics of Boy George
Kathleen Holscher, University of New Mexico
"Fire on Babylon": The Martyrdom of Sinéad O’Connor
Jack Lee Downey, University of Rochester
My Chemical Romance’s "Our Lady of Sorrows": Catholicism and the Post 9/11 Aesthetics of Emo
Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Kalamazoo College
"Pretty Petty Thieves": Morrissey, Catholicism, and the Saints of Mozlandia
Daisy Vargas, University of Arizona
From Angelica to Angelica Garcia: Rock Guadalupe and a New Latina Roots Music
John C. Seitz, Fordham University
Comment:
The Audience
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