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List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Mediating the feminist superstar: Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift in Netflix documentaries
2. Narratives of gender and feminist politics in a music industry #MeToo petition
3. Gender equality, diversity, and algorithmic culture in music streaming
4. Keychange: Gender equality work in the popular music industries
Conclusion
References
Index
About the author
Ann Werner is Associate Professor in Gender Studies at Södertörn University, and Senior Lecturer in Musicology at Uppsala University. Her research interests include gender, music and media drawing on feminist theory and cultural studies.
Summary
What does it mean, in a polarized political climate, that feminism was popular in mainstream popular music of the 2010s? Engaging with feminist theory and previous research about gender and music, this book investigates the meaning of current trends relating to gender, feminism and woman-identified artists in mediated popular music. The examples discussed throughout the book include Netflix documentaries by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, the Swedish music industry #MeToo petition #närmusikentystnar, music streaming services’ gender equality work and the project Keychange striving to bring underrepresented genders to the stage. The volume discusses the media specificity of the different examples, introduces and explains feminist theories and concepts and analyzes the position of women, gender politics and feminisms in popular music.
Foreword
Addresses feminism and gender issues in mainstream mediated popular music culture, such as feminist pop artists, music industry #MeToo petitions and gender equality efforts.
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Feminism and Gender Politics in Mediated Popular Music provides a wide-ranging discussion on how feminism is incorporated into a variety of musical contexts. This accessible book considers many of the most controversial and well-known manifestations of feminism in music from recent times, and presents a nuanced analysis of their impacts. This thoughtful and insightful work is an important addition to the literature on this subject.
