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  1. 1. PUNK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SECOND SEX; An anthropological study of gender roles and gender equality in the Swedish punk scene in 2023

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Agnes Jansson; [2023-09-27]
    Keywords : feminism; gender; punk; female musicians; tokenism; homosociality;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates female punk musicians’ experiences of the punk scene in Sweden, focusing on the construction of gender and gender roles among bands of the genre in 2023, as well as the treatment of the minority of female musicians. According to my participants’ beliefs, I also point towards what can still be done to improve gender equality in the Swedish punk scene. READ MORE

  3. 2. Feminist and Queer Noisemaking: An Exploration of Gender and Sexuality in Electronic Art Music

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Mollie Ruck; [2020-11-24]
    Keywords : Gender; art music; queerness; queer theory; music; composition; musicology; sound studies;

    Abstract : Men can be said to dominate the music industry, especially when it comes to composers and musicians who create experimental music and sounds which fall outside of mainstream music. Women and members of the LGBTQ+ community remain minorities within these genres, with little research being done on queer and feminist perspectives. READ MORE

  4. 3. “This was the reason I was born” Contextualizing Issues and Choices of a Japanese Woman Musician

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Alessandra Cognetta; [2017]
    Keywords : Japanese metal music; Japanese music industry; Female musicians; Feminist theory; Choice feminism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the Japanese music industry from a liberal feminist perspective, as academic literature rarely discusses Japanese music – especially niche genres like metal. After pinpointing a gap in the literature on the subject, and after outlining issues in the Japanese music industry, this study sheds light on the reasons that lead Japanese women musicians to thrive outside of major Japanese record companies. READ MORE

  5. 4. "Not eager to fit in" : The collective work of creating an alternative cosmology of Heavy Metal

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Lisa Schug; [2017]
    Keywords : Heavy Metal; Cultural Studies; Queer Studies; Gender Studies; Cosmology; Musicology; Community Building;

    Abstract : The celebration of a White heteronormative masculinity is still vivid in Heavy Metal. This has embodied and discursive consequences that are visible in the domination of Metal spaces or the marginalisation of female, trans* or non-binary musicians, but also in an aesthetics of (hetero- and cis-) sexism and racism that is often apparent. READ MORE

  6. 5. Pecola's Tragedy is the Ultimate Consequence of Racism

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Afrah Hussen; [2006]
    Keywords : Racism; Toni Morrison; The Bluest Eye; American Literature;

    Abstract : Wherever we go in the world, we encounter racism- something that oppresses people in our daily lives in workplaces, stores, schools, hospitals, housing and other places. This serious issue provokes many musicians, writers and artists to show the social and personal effects of racism they experience. READ MORE