MZJ 509 - Music and Gender

Course Objectives

• Attain knowledge on gender theories
• Include gender, which is a broad research area in musicology and ethnomusicology, as a critical category to the research fields.
• Examine masculinity, femininity and ‘other’ sexuality constructions in the researches within an analytical perspective in Western music, popular music and the musics of the world.

Course Description

‘Gender’ Theories. Gender Studies and Feminist Anthropology in musicology and ethnomusicology. Sexuality, body and queer theory. Semiotics and Feminist Criticism in gender &music studies. Women Musicians in Music History. Gender Debates in Western Music. Women’s Life Circles and Music in South and Southeast Asia. Women Identity and Islam in Middle East. Race, nation and gender in Latin America. Women Musicians in Jazz, Blues and Rock Music in North America and Europe. Music Video analysis within the context of gender. Technology and Gender.