| Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality Contributor(s): McClary, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816641897 ISBN-13: 9780816641895 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $22.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: 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." Through case studies of works ranging from the canonical -- operas by Monteverdi and Bizet -- to the contemporary -- the performance art of Diamanda Galas and popular songs by Madonna -- Susan McClary focuses on the ways music produces images of gender, desire, pleasure, and the body, and explores the gender-based metaphors that circulate in discourse about music. The now classic work features a new introduction that discusses the critical reception it received and the debates it has inspired. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 780.82 |
| LCCN: 2002072791 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6" W x 8.96" (0.73 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 conservative musicology at its core. No review can do justice to the wealth of ideas and possibilities McClary's] book presents. All music-lovers should read it, and cheer." The Women's Review of BooksMcClary writes with a racy, vigorous, and consistently entertaining style. . . . What she has to say specifically about the music and the text is sharp, accurate, and telling; she hears what takes place musically with unusual sensitivity.-The New York Review of Books |