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Disruptive Divas Lori Burns

Disruptive Divas By Lori Burns

Disruptive Divas by Lori Burns


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Summary

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 Summary

Disruptive Divas: Feminism, Identity and Popular Music by Lori Burns

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

About Lori Burns

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

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

NPB9780815335535
9780815335535
0815335539
Disruptive Divas: Feminism, Identity and Popular Music by Lori Burns
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Inc
2001-10-12
276
N/A
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