University of Minnesota Press, Date: 2002-07-24. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good. 2002. University of Minnesota Press ISBN 0816641897 9780816641895 [US]

ISBN10: 0816641897, ISBN13: 9780816641895, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press 2002-07-24, Minneapolis] Softcover Language: ENG
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Univ of Minnesota Pr, Date: 2002. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 240 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. 2002. Univ of Minnesota Pr ISBN 0816641897 9780816641895 [GB]

University of Minnesota Press, Date: 2002-07-24. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good. 2002. University of Minnesota Press ISBN 0816641897 9780816641895 [US]

Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 2002 Trade paperback New in new dust jacket.

ISBN10: 0816641897, ISBN13: 9780816641895, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota] Softcover Paperback. A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book addresses problems of gender and sexuality in repertoires ranging from the early seventeenth century to rock and performance art. . . . this is a major book . . . [McClarys] achievement borders on the miraculous. The Village VoiceNo one will read these essays without thinking about and hearing music in new and interesting ways. Exciting reading for adventurous students and staid professionals. ChoiceFeminine Endings, a provocative sexual politics of Western classical or art music, rocks conservative musicology at its core. No review can do justice to the wealth of ideas and possibilities [McClarys] book presents. All music-lovers should read it, and cheer. The Womens Review of Books"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."-The New York Review of Books 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 ...