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Disruptive Divas

Feminism, Identity and Popular Music

By Lori Burns, Melisse Lafrance

Published October 12th 2001 by Routledge – 238 pages

Series: Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture

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    Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me'Shell Ndegéocello and P. J. Harvey who have marked contemporary popular culture in unexpected ways have impelled and disturbed the boundaries of "acceptable" female musicianship.

    Author Bio

    Lori Burns is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Ottawa. Mélisse Lafrance is a doctoral candidate in French Studies at the University of Oxford.

    Name: Disruptive Divas: Feminism, Identity and Popular Music (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Lori Burns, Melisse Lafrance. Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me'Shell Ndegéocello and P. J. Harvey who have marked contemporary popular culture in unexpected ways have impelled and disturbed the boundaries of...
    Categories: Music, Gender and Sexuality in Popular Music