Disruptive Divas

Feminism, Identity and Popular Music

Lori Burns, Melisse Lafrance (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2001
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-3554-2 (ISBN)

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This book examines how female rock artists such as Tori Amos, Sara McLachlan, P.J. Harvey and k.d. lang explore themes of gender and sexuality in their musical and lyrical expression.

Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me'Shell Ndegéocello and P. J. Harvey who have marked contemporary popular culture in unexpected ways have impelled and disturbed the boundaries of "acceptable" female musicianship.

Lori Burns is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Ottawa. Mélisse Lafrance is a doctoral candidate in French Studies at the University of Oxford.

Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Cultural Studies Approach to Women and Popular Music 2. Close Readings of Popular Song: Intersections among Socio-cultural, Musical, and Lyrical Meanings 3. Tori Amos, Crucify (1991) 4. Courtney Love (Hole), Live Through This (1994) 5. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mary Magdalene (1996) 6. P.J. Harvey, Is this desire? (1998) Appendix 1: Song Lyrics Appendix 2: Reductive Analysis: Notation and Terminology

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.11.2001
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-8153-3554-7 / 0815335547
ISBN-13	978-0-8153-3554-2 / 9780815335542
Zustand	Neuware