Question: Theories of how gender may influence music have developed from traditional notions of female creativity being aesthetically inferior, to feminist readings, which actively search for and celebrate any trace of the female in musical form, subject or gesture. With reference to the key theorists, explore the contemporary debate on gender and musical meaning.
Answer: Men would not have insisted that creativity is a male prerogative unless men were afraid that women's creations would be taken seriously.
While sex is a biological given, gender and sexuality are culturally and socially constructed. It is important to distinguish between the terms 'sex' and 'gender' as theories of sex, gender and sexual difference constitute the theoretical background to feminist study. Feminist study is not simply the promotion of women as superior to men, or even the appeal to be treated on strictly...(short extract)
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- Subject: Music
- Course: Music
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 71%
- Words: 3620
- Date submitted: April 15, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2492
