Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians

ISBN-13: 9781032091532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 154 str.

Abigail Gardner

Opis

　 　 Ageing and　Contemporary　Female Musicians focuses on ageing within contemporary popular　music. It argues that　context, genres, memoirs, racial politics and place all contribute to how women are 'aged' 　in popular music.

 

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 More than Music: Female Rock Memoirs; Chapter 2 Shirley Collins and Calypso Rose: Grand Maternal Queens; Chapter 3 ‘Tilted’: The Queer Ages and Sideways Spaces of Janelle Monáe, Christine and the Queens and Anohni; Chapter 4 Ageing with Alt-Rock and Folk; Chapter 5 Rude Girls: Ageing, Race and Place; Chapter 6 'They’re Not Going to Give Me Stormzy': Ageing Matters Behind the Scenes; Afterword Age Stages, a Reflection; Bibliography; Index 

O autorze

Abigail Gardner is Reader in Music and Media at the　University of Gloucestershire, UK and writes　on　ageing,　temporality and　marginality, particularly in relation to women and popular music. Her publications include　Popular Music and Aging in Europe　(2019),　PJ Harvey and Music Video Performance　(2015) and　Rock On: Women, Ageing and Popular Music　(2012). 　She is a founder member of　http://wamuog.co.uk, has led Erasmus +　　media and storytelling projects and 　produced　'In My Own Right',　a documentary short (Zinder and Gardner, 2019)　about two　women's　relationship in a small Orthodox community.