Music, gender and sexuality by susan mcclary 20020701. Music, gender, and sexuality 1991, which examines cultural constructions of gender, sexuality, and the body in various musical repertories, ranging from early seventeenthcentury opera to the songs of madonna. Susan mcclarys feminine endings lrwl jann pasler feminine endings may not be all that we wish it to be. The frustration and excitement of reading kristevas writings makes my own relationship to them similar to what she describes as the relation to the abject mother. Feminine endings susan mcclary published by university of minnesota press mcclary, susan. View the new experience and read this book on fulcrum. Feminine endings 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. Export a ris file for endnote, procite, reference manager, zotero, mendeley export a text file for bibtex note. Reviews conventional wisdom is a contribution to musicology of the first order. Conventional wisdom by susan mcclary paperback university. Susan mcclary writes extremely well and informatively. Feminine endings by susan mcclary overdrive rakuten. She is a very good scholar and it is fun to read what she.
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Her research focuses on the cultural criticism of music, both the european canon and contemporary popular genres. I wont follow susan mcclary off a literal or intellectual cliff, but id sure follow her around the world a few times. Music, gender, and sexuality is often considered the trailblazing text that sparked a disciplinary explosion, as she has described it. Exciting reading for adventurous students and staid professionals. Susan mcclary explains, it is for this reason that many classical music enthusiasts see it as superior to popular music. Click download or read online button to get feminine endings book now. A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book. Music, gender, and sexuality 1991 and georges bizet. Susan mcclary august 20 professor of music department of music 307 haydn hall 216 3681126. Susan mcclary books list of books by author susan mcclary. See all books authored by susan mcclary, including feminine endings. Mlas 26064 is an exploration of gender and sexuality in western music, both art and vernacular. While some scholars have used feminist theory to engage popular culture, including popular music, and other musicologists have begun the historical excavation of the lost tradition of womens compositions and musical roles in society, susan mcclary declares her book, feminine endings, to be the first work explicitly dedicated to a feminist. She has since gone on to critically reconsider western music from a.
A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music. As paula higgins puts it, feminine endings risks becoming one of those books that one can presume to know without having actually read it. Feminine endings, a provocative sexual politics of western classical or art music, rocks conservative musicology at its core. In the case of one of strozzis cantatas, the latter presumably would have included not only artistic or aesthetic ends such as the successful representation of the poems affective imagery. Lee feminine endings music, gender, and sexuality por susan mcclary disponible en rakuten kobo. Choicefeminine endings, a provocative sexual politics of western classical or art music, rocks conservative musicology at its core. Sep 11, 2008 author of feminine endings, reading music, modal subjectivities, music and society, musicological identities, georges bizet, carmen, conventional wisdom, music and society susan mcclary open library. When it was originally published in 1991, feminine endings was immediately controversial for its unprecedented intermingling of cultural criticism and musical studies, an approach that came to be called the new musicology. Music, gender, and sexuality 1991, mcclary investigated the cultural constructions of gender, sexuality, and the body in various musical repertories and established herself as an original, important thinker in the fields of musicology and music history.
A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book addresses problems of gender and sexuality. Although there were several other music historians and theorists associated with this movement, mcclary s 1991 book feminine endings. She is the author of feminine endings and conventional wisdom. Twentyfive years later, i am happy to say that it does not seem radical, but based on my experience in university classrooms, theres still a long way. In feminine endings, susan mcclary went outside the box, critically examining a lot of the unquestioned conventions of traditional musicology. I would know, im writing my dissertation on this area. Susan mcclary a new edition of a classic work that revolutionized its field. Music, gender, and sexuality 9780816641895 by mcclary, susan and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. To the large extent that music can organize our perceptions of our own bodies and emotions, it can tell us things about history that are not accessible through any other medium. When it was originally published in 1991, feminine endings was immediately. In the case of one of strozzis cantatas, the latter presumably would have included not only. I believe my work sheds light on how music affects us and why it is so influential. Buy feminine endings book online at best prices in india on. Music, gender, and sexuality, susan mcclary applies the insightful and provocative approach to music and its meanings that has made her one of the most widely read music scholars of the twentieth century, and for which she earned the prestigious macarthur award in 1995.
Special issue dedicated to gender studies, feminism, and music. The book presents some interesting viewpoints and is undoubtedly a great contribution to gender studies in musicology. The village voiceno one will read these essays without thinking about and hearing music in new and. Susan mcclary born 2 october 1946 is a musicologist considered to be a significant figure in the new musicology. Narrative, feminine sexuality, and feminism in susan mcclarys. Read the fulltext online edition of feminine endings. Feb 08, 2018 although there were several other music historians and theorists associated with this movement, mcclarys 1991 book feminine endings. Susan mcclary, along with the many scholars whom she credits throughout this groundbreaking book, is a pioneer.
A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book addresses problems of gender and sexuality in repertoires ranging from the early. Since the party for madonnas 60th birthday i know has already begun see e. Those who disagree with the book s postulates may wonder why its perspective has had such an impact, perhaps a greater one than any other in. Structures of feeling in seventeenthcentury cultural expression. Classical music no less than pop is bound up with issues. The term withdrawn in rosens passage alludes to mcclarys later work 1991 in feminine endings, quoted above. Music, gender, and sexuality by mcclary, susan abebooks. Its determination to speak directly to the problem of sexual violence by way of certain cultural productsrather than the other way around, as countless previous authors have doneis a weird and. Read feminine endings music, gender, and sexuality by susan mcclary available from rakuten kobo. Examining the standard western classical repertoire and contemporary classical genres of all kinds, mcclary relates the creation of musical works to their social contexts and analyzes the semantic messages conveyed by the music. As musicologist susan mcclary says, music 1 stone, feminism, gender and popular music, p2 2 stone, feminism, gender and popular music, p8 3 mcclary, feminine endings. To mcclarys credit, it should be said that some kind of metaphorical description is called for, and even necessary, but i should like to suggest that none will be satisfactory or definitive. Quotes most people have music in the center of their lives.
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Narrative, feminine sexuality, and feminism in susan mcclary s feminine endings 1. Feminine endings ebook by susan mcclary 9781452906362. Susan mcclary is professor of musicology at the university of. Music, gender, and sexuality first edition by susan mcclary isbn. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Whilst popular music concerns itself with gender images and constructions, many would dispute the notion that classical music is infected with. Buy feminine endings book online at low prices in india. Susan mcclary project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. This was a groundbreaking book, attempting to talk about the semiotics of desire and how composersperformers construct meaning through the creation and manipulation of musical pleasure. Twentyfive years later, i am happy to say that it does not seem radical, but based on my experience in university classrooms, theres still a long way to go. While some scholars have used feminist theory to engage popular culture, including popular music, and other musicologists have begun the historical excavation of the lost tradition of womens compositions and musical roles in society, susan mcclary declares her book, feminine endings, to be the first work explicitly dedicated to a feminist critique of music, especially as it functions in the traditional academic. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Ucla department of musicology, biography of susan mcclary.
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