The Routledge research companion to popular music and gender / edited by Stan Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawkins, Stan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Sex role in music.

Gender identity in music.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Why is gender inseparable from pop songs? What can gender representations in musical performances mean? Why are there strong links between gender, sexuality and popular music? The sound of the voice, the mix, the arrangement, the lyrics and images, all link our impressions of gender to music. Numerous scholars writing about gender in popular music to date are concerned with the music industry's impact on fans, and how tastes and preferences become associated with gender. This is the first collection of its kind to develop and present new theories and methods in the analysis of popular music and gender. The contributors are drawn from a range of disciplines including musicology, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, philosophy, and media studies, providing new reference points for studies in this interdisciplinary field. Stan Hawkins's introduction sets out to situate a variety of debates that prompts ways of thinking and working, where the focus falls primarily on gender roles. Amongst the innovative approaches taken up in this collection are the following: queer performativity, gender theory, gay and lesbian agency, the female pop celebrity, masculinities, transculturalism, queering, transgenderism and androgyny. This Research Companion is required reading for scholars and teachers of popular music, whatever their disciplinary background. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction. Sensing gender in popular music / Stan Hawkins Hawkins, Stan 1

Part 1 Masculinities, femininities, community, and transcultural practice 13

2 Growing up to be a rapper? Justin Bieber's duet with Ludacris as transcultural practice / Barbara Bradby Bradby, Barbara 15

3 "Where we going Johnny?" Homosociality and the early Beatles / Matthew Bannister Bannister, Matthew 35

4 From throat singing to transcultural expression: Tanya Tagaq's Katajjaq musical signature / Sophie Stévance Stévance, Sophie 48

5 Spectres of masculinity: Markers of vulnerability and nostalgia in Johnny Cash / Eirik Askerøi Askerøi, Eirik 63

Part 2 Audiovisuality, sex(uality), women, and the politics of looking 77

6 "You mean I can make a TV show?": Web series, assertive music, and African American women producers / Anahid Kassabian Kassabian, Anahid 79

7 Holding on for dear life: Gender, celebrity status, and vulnerability-on-display in Sia's 'Chandelier' / Kai Arne Hansen Hansen, Kai Arne 89

8 Gender, sexuality and the politics of looking in Beyonce's 'Video Phone' (featuring Lady Gaga) / Lori Burns Burns, Lori, Marc Lafrance Lafrance, Marc 102

9 'Working it': Female masculinity and Missy Elliott / Marita B. Djupvik Djupvik, Marita B. 117

Part 3 Vernacular soundworlds, narratives, and stardom 133

10 High notes, high drama: Musical climaxes and gender politics in tenor heroes and Broadway women / Freya Jarman Jarman, Freya 137

11 The gendered narratives of nobodies and somebodies in the popular music economy / Keith Negus Negus, Keith 152

12 Staging the 'street boy': Transculturalism, realness and hypermasculinity in the Norwegian rapper Jesse Jones / Birgitte Sandve Sandve, Birgitte 166

13 Fairport Convention: Gender and voicing strategies in a sound signature / Tor Dybo Dybo, Tor 182

14 "I don't play girly house music": Women, sonic stereotyping, and the dancing DJ / Tami Gadir Gadir, Tami 196

Part 4 Gender, race, and the female celebrity 211

15 'A woman's place': Staging femininity in live music from Jenny Lind to the Jazz Age / Steve Waksman Waksman, Steve 215

16 Beyoncé: Hip hop feminism and the embodiment of black femininity / Marquita R. Smith Smith, Marquita R. 229

17 Performing race and gender: Erykah Badu between post-soul and Afrofuturism / Erik Steinskog Steinskog, Erik 242

18 "Armed with the faith of a child": Marit Larsen and strategies of faking / Jon Mikkel Broch Ålvik Ålvik, Jon Mikkel Broch 253

19 "Singing from the heart": Notions of gendered authenticity in pop music / Bridget Coulter Coulter, Bridget 267

Part 5 Challenging hegemonic practices: New masculinities, queerness, and transgenderism 281

20 Doing hip-hop masculinity differently: Exploring Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak through word, sound, and image / Marc Lafrance Lafrance, Marc, Lori Burns Burns, Lori, Alyssa Woods Woods, Alyssa 285

21 Express yourself! Gender euphoria and intersections / Doris Leibetseder Leibetseder, Doris 300

22 Covering trans media: Temporal and narrative potential in messy musical archives / Craig Jennex Jennex, Craig, Maria Murphy Murphy, Maria 313

23 Confronting the gender trouble for real: Mina Caputo, metal truth and Iransgender power / Susanna Välimäki Välimäki, Susanna 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Routledge research companion to popular music and gender.

ISBN:

9781315613437

1315613433

9781317042044

1317042042

OCLC:

976434551

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