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The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender

The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender

  • Editor: Herzig, Monika
  • Editor: Kahr, Michael
  • Editor: Reddan, James

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Contents

  • Part I : Historical Perspectives /
  • 1. "The Frivolous, Scantily Clad 'Jazzing Flapper,' Irresponsible and Undisciplined": Jazz as a Feminine Domain (Bruce Johnson) /
  • 2. "I've Got the Haitian Blues": Mamie Desdunes and the Gendered Inflections of the Common Wind (Ben Barson) /
  • 3. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Helen Joyner: The Forgotten Patrons of Jazz (Jeremy Brown) /
  • 4. Queer Aesthetics and the Performing Subject in Jazz in the 1920s (Magdalena Furnkranz) /
  • 5. Black Against the Stave: Black Modern Girls in British Interwar Jazz (Jessica Chow) /
  • 6. Trumpet Men: Performances of Masculinity in Jazz (Aaron J. Johnson) /
  • 7. Hard Bop Cool Pose: Bebop, the Blues, and Masculinity in the Music of Lee Morgan (Keith Karns) /
  • 8. Toward a Feminist Understanding of Jazz Curatorship (Kara Attrep) /
  • 9. The Girl in the Other Room: Generating New Open Knowledge for the Women of Jazz (M. Cristina Pattuelli and Karen Li-Lun Hwang) /
  • 10. The Rise of Queermisia in Jazz: Medicalization, Legislation, and Its Effects (Chloe Resler) /
  • 11. Constructing a Diverse and Inclusive Jazz Tradition: A Uchronic Narrative (Michael Kahr) /
  • Part II : Identity and Culture /
  • 12. Playing the Part: A Social-Psychological Perspective on Being a Girl in Jazz (Erin L. Wehr) /
  • 13. Gender, Sexuality, and Jazz Saxophone Performance (Yoko Suzuki) /
  • 14. A Clash of Identities: How Aspects of Gender and Identity in Jazz Influence Both the Music and Its Perception (Wolfram Knauer) /
  • 15. "I'm Just One of Them": Gender in Jazz Competitions (Matthias Heyman) /
  • 16. Gendered Interventions in European Jazz Festival Programming: Keychanges, Stars, and Alternative Networks (Kristin McGee) /
  • 17. Resurrecting Masculinity: Gender, Jazz Timbre, and the Afterlife of Dennis Irwin's Bass (Ken Tianyuan Ge) /
  • 18. Jazz Dance, Gender, and the Commodification of the Moving Body: Examining Patriarchal and White Supremacist Structures in Social and Commercial Jazz Dance Forms (Brandi Coleman) /
  • 19. Women's Access to Professional Jazz: From Limiting Processes to Levers for Transgression (Marie Buscatto) /
  • 20. "It Ain't Who You Are": Authenticity, Sexuality, and Masculinity in Jazz (Ann Cotterell) /
  • Part III : Society and Education /
  • 21. Oppression and Hope: Students' Perceptions of Gender and Stereotypes in Jazz Appreciation and History (James Reddan) /
  • 22. Picturing Women in Jazz: An Analysis of Three Jazz History Textbooks (Ramsey Castaneda and Amanda Quinlan) /
  • 23. Degendering Jazz Guitar: Reimagining the Past - Realigning the Future (Tom Williams) /
  • 24. "Music Saved My Live": Jennifer Leitham on Life, Music, and Gender (Joshua Palkki, Carl Oser, and Jennifer Leitham) /
  • 25. Can E-Flat Be Sexist? Canonical Keys as Marginalizing Practice in Jazz (Wendy Hargreaves and Melissa Forbes) /
  • 26. Inclusive Jazz History Pedagogy (Sonya R. Lawson) /
  • 27. Negotiating Hegemonic Masculinity in Australian Tertiary Jazz Education (Robert Burke and Clare Hall) /
  • 28. Jazzwomen in Higher Education: Experiences, Attitudes, and Personality Traits (Natalie Boeyink) /
  • 29. The Gender Imperative in Jazz: The Role of Intercultural Maturity in Jazz Curricula (Lenora Helm Hammonds) /
  • 30. In Her Own Words: Documenting the Current Realities of Women-in-Jazz (Kiernan Steiner and Alexandra Manfredo) /
  • 31. Call and (Her) Response: Improvisation and the Myth of Absence (Dana Reason) /
  • Part IV : Policy and Advocacy /
  • 32. Victims No More: How Women and Non-Binary Musicians are Collaborating for Gender Justice in Jazz (Beatriz Nunes and Leonor Arnaut) /
  • 33. Women in Jazz: A Failed Brand (Rebecca Zola) /
  • 34. Accessing Jazz's Gendered Places and Spaces (Sarah Caissie Provost) /
  • 35. Breaking Down Barriers: Female Jazz Musicians in Spain (Rebeca Munoz-Garcia) /
  • 36. The Pale Image of the Jazz Female Instrumentalists in Southeastern Europe (Jasna Jovicevic) /
  • 37. Addressing Gender Imbalance through Mentorship and Advocacy (Ellen Rowe) /
  • 38. Sheroes - The Role of All-Women Groups (Monika Herzig)