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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452744603321

Autore

McClary Susan

Titolo

Feminine endings [[electronic resource] ] : music, gender, and sexuality / / Susan McClary ; with a new introduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2002

ISBN

0-8166-1898-4

0-8166-9505-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

780/.82

Soggetti

Feminism and music

Sex in music

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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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Sommario/riassunto

<![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