158 P - Race and Sexual Politics in Music

Friday, June 2, 2017: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
BRESL 111 (Hofstra University)
Chair:
Kim Phillips, Independent Scholar
"Either we were lesbians or we were up for whatever was going": Exploring the Sexual Politics of Playing Music in an All Girl Band.
Jenna Bailey, University of Lethbridge
Between The Screams: Claiming Space in Beatlemania
Nicolette Rohr, University of California, Riverside
The Musical is Political: Blueswomen and Blues Protest
Steven Patrick Garabedian, Marist College
"Feminists, What's Good?": Black Women, Race, and Sexuality
Emerald L. Christopher-Byrd, The University of Delaware

Session Abstract

This panel analyzes the way women have used music to break rules and express their oppression, even when the industry and culture has historically forgotten or dismissed their presence and impact. Various genres of music are discussed, such as blues, rap, and all girl bands, to highlight the ways gender, race, and sexuality have played a role in the lives of female artists. One of the papers also argues that female fandom, in relation to Beatlemania, can be seen as a rebellious act in the form of rejection of proper female public behavior. The panel explores the way music can both reflect and reject societal ideas and oppression.

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