Why is gender inseparable from pop songs? What can gender representations in musical
performances mean? Why are there strong links between gender, sexuality and popular …

As with most popular musicologists, I entered the academic study of popular music through
my experience as a performing musician—in my case as a guitarist both live and in the …

When intimacy is mentioned in music reviews, daily speech, and research on music—when
a voice or other sound is described as “intimate,” for example—it might at first be understood …

This thesis project is a multi-sited ethnographic study of music, intimacy, and crowds at"
techno" and" house" nightclubs in three cities: Berlin, Paris, and Chicago. It focuses on how …

What does it mean to think of Western Art music-and the Austro-German contribution to that
repertory-as a tradition? How are men and masculinities implicated in the shaping of that …

In this chapter, the author argues how the extraordinary elevation of Johnny Cash can be
accounted for through specific sonic markers of vulnerability and nostalgia. He explores the …

With the emergence of alternative R&B, contemporary R&B and hip hop culture are being
confronted with a subgenre that challenges its key characteristics. One of the aspects that …

The latest installment of Nintendo's sim franchise, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, launched
mid-March 2020, and it quickly transformed from an unassuming island-escape sim to a …

The singer-songwriter, someone who writes and performs their own music, is an ever-
present and increasingly complex figure in popular music worlds. The Singer-Songwriter …

This chapter explores how gendered norms and representations find footholds in children's
culture and investigates the extent to which contemporary popular music plays a role in …