Published In
Current Musicology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2010
Subjects
Women's music -- History -- 1970-1977, Women's music -- Themes motives etc., Sex in music -- 20th century, Lesbian musicians
Abstract
The women's music movement of the early 1970's was created by and for women who came to political consciousness as a result of the women's liberation movement. The music culture that emerged was originally called "lesbian music", but later gained the less controversial descriptor "women's music". Outside of this music movement music produced during this period rarely made explicit links with emerging feminist consciousness.What differentiated "women's music" from other music made by women of the period was its lesbian focus (in both lyrics and performance contexts). Women's music was created for a lesbian audience to describe lesbian experiences and desires. Key organizers of the women's music movement used music as their tool to raise consciousness through new venues for women to create, experience, and consume women's culture.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
© 2010 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
DOI
10.7916/D8J101RM
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33302
Citation Details
Doughter, S. (2010). Sex and Laughter in Women’s Music, 1970-77. Current Musicology, (90).
Description
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
© 2010 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York