Whiteley, Sheila, 1941-

Women and popular music : sexuality, identity, and subjectivity / Shelia Whiteley. - x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Discography: p. 230-235. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wonderful world, beautiful people : the 1960s' counter culture and its ideological relationship to women -- Repressive representations : patriarchy, femininities and 1960s' rock -- The personal is political : women's liberation, sexuality, gender, freedom and repression -- Try, just a little bit harder : Janis Joplin and the search for personal identity -- The times they are a-changin' : folk and the singer songwriter -- The lonely road : Joni Mitchell, Blue and female subjectivity -- Daughters of chaos : Patti Smith, Siouxsie Sioux and the feminisation of rock -- Challenging the feminine : Annie Lennox, androgyneity and illusions of identity -- Madonna, eroticism, autoeroticism and desire -- k.d. lang, a certain kind of woman -- Talkin' 'bout a revolution : Tracy Chapman, political uprisings, domestic violence and love -- Authenticity, truthfulness and community : Tori Amos, Courtney Love, P.J. Harvey and Björk -- Artifice and the imperatives of commercial success : from Brit Pop to the Spice Girls.

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Women musicians
Popular music--Social aspects
Feminism and music

ML82. / W48 2000

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