Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
by Susan Mcclary
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Author: Susan McclaryEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-07-24
ISBN: 0816641897
Number of pages: 248
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Book Reviews of Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
Book Review: A Joy
Summary: 5 Stars
Though I often wished she would pause more on her musical excerpts, this book is very wise, and anyone interested in understanding meaning in music intellectually must read this book.
Summary of Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
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 Galás 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."A major book . . . [McClary's] achievement borders on the miraculous." Village Voice
"McClary 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." New York Review of Books
Susan McClary, professor of musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, specializes in the cultural criticism of music, both the European canon and contemporary popular genres. Her most recent book is Conventional Wisdom: The Content of Musical Form (2000).
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