Feminine endings : music, gender, and sexuality / Susan McClary ; with a new introduction.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClary, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and music.

Sex in music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<![CDATA[A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book addresses problems of gender and sexuality in repertoires ranging from the early seventeenth century to rock and performance art. ". . . this is a major book . . . [McClary's] achievement borders on the miraculous." The Village Voice"No one will read these essays without thinking about and hearing music in new and interesting ways. Exciting reading for adventurous students and staid professionals." Choice"Feminine Endings, a provocative 'sexual politics' of Western classical or art music, rocks conservativ

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Feminine Endings in Retrospect; 1. Introduction: A Material Girl in Bluebeard's Castle; 2. Constructions of Gender in Monteverdi's Dramatic Music; 3. Sexual Politics in Classical Music; 4. Excess and Frame: The Musical Representation of Madwomen; 5. Getting Down Off the Beanstalk: The Presence of a Woman's Voice in Janika Vandervelde's Genesis II; 6. This Is Not a Story My People Tell: Musical Time and Space According to Laurie Anderson; 7. Living to Tell: Madonna's Resurrection of the Fleshly; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816618989

0816618984

9780816695058

0816695059

OCLC:

191662601

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06265 hdl