An Interview with Professor Susan McClary: The Development of Research on Gender and Music

Susan McClary is a Professor of Musicology and the author of Feminine Endings, one of the most influential books on feminist musicology, both in majority–English–speaking and non–majority English–speaking countries. Throughout her distinguished career she has addressed questions of how gender and se...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: de Boise, Sam, McClary, Susan
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repository:Per Musi
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/5317
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/5317
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Feminine Endings
women composers
gender and music
sexuality and music
mulheres compositoras
gênero e música
sexualidade e música
mujeres compositoras
género y música
sexualidad y música
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Summary:Susan McClary is a Professor of Musicology and the author of Feminine Endings, one of the most influential books on feminist musicology, both in majority–English–speaking and non–majority English–speaking countries. Throughout her distinguished career she has addressed questions of how gender and sexuality relate to the study and analysis of classical and popular musics. This interview focuses on how she initially became interested in the field, reflections on research on music and gender as well as her analysis of key theoretical and empirical areas for the future of research. The interview was conducted in May 2018 by Sam de Boise (Örebro University, Sweden).