{"product_id":"pop-masculinities-the-politics-of-gender-in-twenty-first-century-popular-music-paperback","title":"Pop Masculinities: The Politics of Gender in Twenty-First Century Popular Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKai Arne Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePop Masculinities\u003c\/em\u003e, author Kai Arne Hansen investigates the performance and policing of masculinity in pop music as a starting point for grasping the broad complexity of gender and its politics in the early twenty-first century. Drawing together perspectives from critical musicology, gender studies, and adjacent scholarly fields, the book presents extended case studies of five well-known artists: Zayn, Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and Take That. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy directing particular attention to the ambiguities and contradictions that arise from these artists' representations of masculinity, Hansen argues that pop performances tend to operate in ways that simultaneously reinforce and challenge gender norms and social inequalities. Providing a rich exploration of these murky waters, Hansen merges the interpretation of recorded song and music video with discourse analysis and media ethnography in order to engage with the full range of pop artists' public identities as they emerge at the intersections between processes of performance, promotion, and reception. In so doing, he advances our understanding of the aesthetic and discursive underpinnings of gender politics in twenty-first century pop culture and encourages readers to contemplate the sociopolitical implications of their own musical engagements as audiences, critics, musicians, and scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKai Arne Hansen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Music in the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. He is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eOn Popular Music and Its Unruly Entanglements\u003c\/em\u003e (2019, with Nick Braae) and \u003cem\u003ePopular Musicology and Identity: Essays in Honour of Stan Hawkins \u003c\/em\u003e(2020, with Eirik Askerøi and Freya Jarman), and he currently serves as editor-in-chief of the \u003cem\u003eNorwegian Journal of Musicology\u003c\/em\u003e. His research spans the topics of popular music and identity, gender and sexuality, contemporary media, audiovisual aesthetics, and children's musical cultures.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.29 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159955968135,"sku":"9780190938802","price":71.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3d1f1743c03d95cde8c866b875d5afbc.webp?v=1733270541","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pop-masculinities-the-politics-of-gender-in-twenty-first-century-popular-music-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}