Research Catalog

Title

Gender in the music industry : rock, discourse and girl power / Marion Leonard.

Author

Leonard, Marion, 1970-

Publication

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

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Details

Description

239 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Why, despite the number of high profile female rock musicians, does rock continue to be understood as masculine? Why is rock generally assumed to be created and performed by men? Marion Leonard explores different representations of masculinity offered by, and performed through, rock music, and examines how female rock performers negotiate this gendering of rock as masculine. A major concern of the book is not specifically with men or with women performing rock, but with how notions of gender affect the everyday experiences of all rock musicians within the context of the music industry."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Uniform Title

Ashgate popular and folk music series.

Alternative Title

Rock, discourse, and girl power

Subject

• Geschichte 1990-2007
• Alternative rock music > History and criticism
• Women rock musicians
• Riot grrrl movement
• Alternative rock music > Social aspects
• Gender identity

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Hochschulschrift.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-228) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Rock and masculinity -- Gender and indie rock music -- Making meaning in the press -- Strategies of performance -- The riot grrrl network : grrrl power in indie rock -- The development of riot grrrl : through zines, the Internet, and across time -- Ladyfest : online and offline DIY festival promotion.

ISBN

• 9780754638612 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0754638618 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780754638629 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0754638626 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006032262

OCLC

• 72798512
• SCSB-10413119

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library