Erasing women from the history of music
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:10 am
I (he said, declaring vested interest like any good Boy Scout) have been doing some freelance work for the publisher Aurora Metro. Their book Women make noise: Girl bands from Motown to the Modern has some fascinating and shocking things to say about how women and their music have been marginalised, and includes evidence of a sexist culture in music that is still dismayingly pervasive. http://www.supernovabooks.co.uk/womenmakenoise.html