A New Approach: The Feminist Musicology Studies of Susan McClary and Marcia J. Citron

Kimberly Reitsma, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Publication Date

6-16-2014

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Feminist, feminism, musicology, Susan McClary, Marcia J. Citron, women, music

Abstract

One of the currently prevalent analytic approaches in academia is feminist theory and criticism. Its combination with musicology has influenced the field for the past four decades. The goal of the new approach, loosely termed “feminist musicology,” has been to discover, analyze, discuss, and promote the representation of women and the “feminine” essence in various disciplines of music. Today, feminist musicology is highly researched, published in books and journals, and presented as scholarly papers at various musicological conferences around the world. This new approach introduces the ideologies of feminism to the study of music.

Susan McClary and Marcia J. Citron are two musicologists who were influenced by these ideologies and have guided the musicological world in this direction of feminist musicology. Both have made serious contributions to the emerging field of feminist musicology. Both researched the ideas of gender musical construction within musical narratives, music as a gendered discourse, and historical and social factors that affected women in music. Although they have met with considerable resistance, Susan McClary and Marcia J. Citron have significantly expanded the scope of musicology through their application of feminist theory.

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Issue

DOI

10.15385/jmo.2014.5.1.3

Recommended Citation

Reitsma, Kimberly (2014) "A New Approach: The Feminist Musicology Studies of Susan McClary and Marcia J. Citron," Musical Offerings: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.15385/jmo.2014.5.1.3
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings/vol5/iss1/3

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