Disruptive Divas

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
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