Full Description
Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me'Shell Ndegéocello and P. J. Harvey who have marked contemporary popular culture in unexpected ways have impelled and disturbed the boundaries of "acceptable" female musicianship.
Contents
Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Cultural Studies Approach to Women and Popular Music 2. Close Readings of Popular Song: Intersections among Socio-cultural, Musical, and Lyrical Meanings 3. Tori Amos, Crucify (1991) 4. Courtney Love (Hole), Live Through This (1994) 5. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mary Magdalene (1996) 6. P.J. Harvey, Is this desire? (1998) Appendix 1: Song Lyrics Appendix 2: Reductive Analysis: Notation and Terminology