WOMENST 1A03 Lecture : Women's Studies-Mar.21 "Riot Grrl and Women in Music"
Document Summary
Response to male domination of punk and punk zines, Poses riot grrrl" as hugely inspirational for ezines. Aggressive reclamation of girl culture" and shaming" words: collection of the messier parts of girlhood, parts that could be used in shameful ways. Women are active participants and contributors to metal and punk. Women and noise: dick hebdige (1979): subculture seen as noise in systems of normative representation, helen reddington (2007): Identification of sub-cultural noise and music as associated with. Maleness" which creates barriers in women"s expression and participation in noise making. Negotiating in underground music subcultures: strategies: Performing androgyny and asexuality: aggression: hyper-aggression to outdo the boys, masculinity. Men exemplify this through attitude, fashion, music, sexuality. Women of metal/punk: dressed in bondage gear, partially nude, resisting the good girl" stereotype. Female aggression is both a way of fighting back and earning: femininity: parodying gender and sexual norms. respect. Parodying common ideas about femininity and female sexuality.