ABSTRACT In the year following Prince’s death, his iconic song “Purple Rain” played an important role in his fans’ and colleagues’ mourning. This article focuses on the ways three performances used Prince’s own voice and image as part of the public mourning process. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Minnesota, I examine how the same song presented in different contexts set the stage for varied emotional reactions. I look to work from fan studies (Mark Duffett and Lawrence Grossberg), affect theory (Lauren Berlant), and image theory (W.J.T. Mitchell) to explain the impact of image and sound, and their cultural and affective work.

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“一些坚持在 4 后表演”：在公众哀悼期间再现王子

摘要 在普林斯去世后的第二年，他的标志性歌曲《紫雨》在歌迷和同事的哀悼中发挥了重要作用。本文重点介绍三场表演如何使用普林斯自己的声音和形象作为公众哀悼过程的一部分。借鉴明尼苏达州的民族志实地考察，我研究了在不同背景下呈现的同一首歌如何为不同的情绪反应奠定基础。我希望通过粉丝研究（Mark Duffett 和 Lawrence Grossberg）、情感理论（Lauren Berlant）和形象理论（WJT Mitchell）来解释形象和声音的影响，以及他们的文化和情感工作。