Misogyny, Toxic Masculinity, and Heteronormativity in Post-2000 Popular Music (Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender)

This book presents chapters that have been brought together to consider the multitude of ways that post-2000 popular music impacts on our cultures and experiences. The focus is on misogyny, toxic masculinity, and heteronormativity. The authors of the chapters consider these three concepts in a wide range of popular music styles and genres; they analyse and evaluate how the concepts are maintained and normalized, challenged, and rejected. The interconnected nature of these concepts is also woven throughout the book. The book also seeks to expand the idea of popular music as understood by many in the West to include popular music genres from outside western Europe and North America that are often ignored (for example, Bollywood and Italian hip hop), and to bring in music genres that are inarguably popular, but also sit under other labels such as rap, metal, and punk. Misogyny, Toxic Masculinity, and Heteronormativity in Post-2000 Popular Music Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Unpacking the Title Misogyny Toxic Masculinity Heteronormativity Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 1: Should Real Love Hurt? The Eroticisation of Dominance, Submission and Coercive Control in Contemporary Pop Music Introduction Autobiographical Note Literature Review Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control Existing Research on Pop Music Lyrics, Gender and Sex Methods Findings Pleasure and Pain Ignoring the Advice of Others Attempting to Re-assert Power Cycle of Violence Control Complete Discussion Voluntary Masochism Female Empowerment Looking Forward: Thinking in New Ways References Chapter 2: Featuring...Nicki Minaj Biography, Message, and Voice Shared Responsibility? Control? Body Ideals Objectification? Conclusion References Songs Chapter 3: Misogyny and Erotic Pleasure in Bollywood’s “Item Numbers” Introduction Analyzing Women’s Representation in Films Globalization and Changes in Women’s Representation in Bollywood Cinema Item Numbers: A Hybrid Global-Local Site for Gender Performance Method Findings and Discussion Themes Within the Lyrics of Item Numbers Sexual Objectification of Women in Item Numbers Women in Cameo Roles Single Woman, Ogling Men Uncovering Women, Covering Men Fragmented Bodies: Gyrating Hips, Undulating Navels, and Heaving Bosoms White Bodies as Objects of Desire Sexual Objectification Through the Use of Earthly Elements References Chapter 4: From Pimpology to Pimpologia: A Comparative Analysis of Pimp Rap in the United States and Italy Introduction The Rise of the Pimp Myth in American Rap A Comparative Analysis of Pimp Rap in Italy and the United States Conclusion References Discography Filmography Chapter 5: How Female is the Future? Undoing Sexism in Contemporary Metal Music A Note on Methodology, Definitions and Limitations Act Like a Man: Adaptations of Masculine Metal Personas Adding a New Voice: Tribute Bands and the Digital Sphere Adapting Drag: Transforming Clichéd Notions of Femininity A Female Future? Gender Evolution in Metal Music References Chapter 6: See the Signs—Justin Timberlake and the Pretence of Romance References Chapter 7: Immortal Technique and the Radical Reimagining of Masculinity on the Street Background Context: Toxic Formations of Masculinity in Urban Contexts and Representations in Mainstream Hip-Hop A Notable Exception: Immortal Technique and Alternative Masculinities Resisting the Pull of the Mainstream Conclusion References Chapter 8: The Initiation: Re-negotiating Masculinity in Queer Music Video References Chapter 9: Let It Enfold You: Screaming, Masculinity, and the Loss of Emotional Control in Post-millennium Emo Introduction A Little Emo-tology: Marking the Subordinate Screaming as a Loss of Emotional Control Screaming and the Symbolic Gendered Power Dynamics of Emo References Chapter 10: The Power of Boy Pussy: The Dichotomy Between Liberation and Objectification in Queer Hip-Hop/Rap in the 2000s Liberation Identity and Hip-Hop The Tools of MAN MISSY Bounce Music, Male ownership, and Shakin’ Shakin’ Dichotomy of Visibility and Objectification The dark side of liberation Deep Dickollective from 2001 to 2007 Conclusion References Chapter 11: “All Of My Life, Just Like I Was One Of Them”: Trans itioning Punk Introduction The Obnoxious Punk A Stifling Orthodoxy New Wave True Trans Soul Rebel Trans Romance Conclusion References Chapter 12: Lady Lazarus: The Death (and Rebirth) of a Gender Revolutionary Questions of Identity The Great Pretender Famous Last Words Lines of Succession Straight Outta Brixton Lines of Resistance Looking Backward References Chapter 13: Like a Lollipop: Toxic Masculinity and Female Sexual Pleasure in Hip-Hop Sexual Scripts Sex Positivity Narratives Around Cunnilingus Misogyny and Toxic Masculinity Cunnilingus in Hip-Hop Women Rappers Shifting the Narrative Media as a Script Changer? Conclusion References Afterword Index This book presents chapters that have been brought together to consider the multitude of ways that post-2000 popular music impacts on our cultures and experiences. The focus is on misogyny, toxic masculinity, and heteronormativity. The authors of the chapters consider these three concepts in a wide range of popular music styles and genres; they analyse and evaluate how the concepts are maintained and normalized, challenged and rejected. The interconnected nature of these concepts is also woven throughout the book. We also seek to expand the idea of popular music as understood by many in the West to include popular music genres from outside western Europe and North America that are often ignored (for example Bollywood and Italian hip hop), and to bring in music genres that are inarguably popular, but also sit under other labels (e.g. rap, metal, punk).