Women in Jazz: Musicality, Femininity, Marginalization

by Marie Buscatto

Women in Jazz: Musicality, Femininity, Marginalization examines the invisible discrimination against female musicians in the French jazz world and the ways in which women thrive as professionals despite such conditions. The author shines a light on the paradox for women in jazz: to express oneself in a feminine way is to be denigrated for it, yet to behave in a masculine manner is to be devalued for a lack of femininity. This masculine world ensures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032011815
• ISBN13: 9781032011813
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"