Abramo, Joseph Michael. “Popular Music and Gender in the Classroom.” Order No. 3348564, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2009. https://search.proquest.com/docview/304869240?accountid=14512.
- Data collected from observations of rehearsals, participants’ original compositions, and individual interviews in the music industry
- Helps gain the participants’ perspectives on musical production, gender, and popular culture
Bjorck, Cecilia. “Claiming Space: Discourses on Gender, Popular Music, and Social Change.” University of Gothenburg. Vol 1, Issue 1(2009): 147- 163
- Describes how under-representation of women in popular music reflects cultural hegemonies
- Describes the difficulties women face breaking into the industry
Dibben, Nicola. “The Representations of Femininity in Popular Music” Cambridge University Press , vol 18, issue 3 (1999): 331-352 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/CD54C61F77E6317404AF8BB83ECE7F2A/S0261143000008904a.pdf/representations_of_femininity_in_popular_music.pdf
- Shows how cultural representations, particularly in media and music, creates meaning for femininity/masculinity
Flynn, Mark & Craig, Clay & Anderson, Christina & Holody, Kyle. (2016). Objectification in Popular Music Lyrics: An Examination of Gender and Genre Differences. Sex Roles. 75. 10.1007/s11199-016-0592-3.
- In-depth lyric analysis to analyze terms leading to objectification in music by genre; both men and women objectify themselves mainly in hip hop/rap
Keenan, Elizabeth Kathleen. “Acting Like a ‘lady’: Third Wave Feminism, Popular Music, and the White Middle Class.” Order No. 3333371, Columbia University, 2008. https://search.proquest.com/docview/304622132?accountid=14512.
- Discusses the use of popular music as cultural politics
- Feminism as a white, middle-class movement; analyzes Third Wave feminism in popular music production
Martin, G., Clarke, M., & Pearce, C. (1993). Adolescent suicide: Music preference as an indicator of vulnerability. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(3), 530-535.
- Study conducted in 90s considering interest in music genre as a predictor for mental health amongst genders, found that there was strong correlation amongst rock/punk depression and the appeal the male audience.
Vaughn Schmutz, Alison Faupel; Gender and Cultural Consecration in Popular Music, Social Forces, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 December 2010, Pages 685–707, https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2010.0098
- Best to explain silences especially among female artists
- Discusses the percentage of female artists in the Rolling Stone’s Most Important Songs released in 2003, shows how critics and other factors play into whether a woman’s songs make it onto the list
