McClary correctly takes the position that there has been little critical (as opposed to theoretical) discussion of music and posits a methodology that examines the construction of gender and sexuality in pieces like Tristan and Madonna and Prince's duet "This Is Not a Love Song" gendered theory such as strong and weak cadences ("feminine endings") and beats, gender, and sex in musical themes and the "effeminate" nature of music devotees from antiquity to Ives. This collection of feminist essays applies feminist discursive theory to a repertory ranging from Monteverdi to Madonna.
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