'Rock on' : women, ageing and popular music

 Content: Renewal, recycling and renegotiation. Madonna : like a crone / Lucy O\'Brien ; It\'s all just a little bit of history repeating : pop stars, audiences, performance and ageing : exploring the performance strategies of Shirley Bassey and Petula Clark / Ros Jennings ; Long live the queen! : Celia Cruz\'s longevity as a counterpoint of tradition and change / Delia Poey ; Framing Grace : shock and awe at the ageless black body / Abigail Gardner --
 \'\'It\'s not over...\'\' Mom rock? Media representations of \'mothers who rock\' / Norma Coates ; 27 forever : Kristen Pfaff and the coverage of death as the re-presentation of a gendered musical life / Paula Hearsum ; \'\'I\'d stage-dive, but I\'m far too elderly\'\' : Courtney Love and expectations of femininity and ageing / Catherine Strong ; Rebel without a pause : the continuity of controversy in Madonna\'s contemporary music videos / Paul Watson and Diane Railton.
 Abstract:             
              For female pop stars, whose star bodies and star performances are undisputedly the objects of a sexualized external gaze, the process of ageing in public poses particular challenges. Taking a broadly feminist perspective, \'Rock On\': Women, Ageing and Popular Music shifts popular music studies in a new direction. Focussing on British.                 Read more...