A double-signed 1st edition of this collection of essays from female writers and musicians, signed by both of the editors, one of whom is Kim Gordon, founding member and bass player of Sonic Youth, as well as being an accomplished musician, artist and writer in her own name. The book contains 16 essays - the editors contribute one each; other contributors include Anne Enright, Ottessa Moshfegh and Rachel Kushner.
'This Woman's Work : Essays on Music ' published by White Rabbit in London on 7 April 2022, 1st edition, standard modern hardback, (x) + 257 pages. Edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson.
Flat hand signed by both Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson to a special dated publisher page bound ahead of the title page.
In fine unread condition. 'Signed by the author' roundel sticker to the front panel of the dustjacket. Both copies have a minor production issue of light red ink marks to the rear inner flap of the dustjacket (see photo 8). The 2nd copy in this listing has a light crease to the upper corner of the half-title page.
Edited by iconic musician Kim Gordon and
esteemed writer Sinéad Gleeson, this powerful collection of
award-winning female creators shares their writing about the female
artists that matter most to them.
This book is for and
about the women who kicked in doors, as pioneers of their craft or
making politics central to their sound: those who offer a new way of
thinking about the vast spectrum of women in music.
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music
is edited by iconic musician Kim Gordon and esteemed writer Sinéad
Gleeson and features an array of talented contributors, including: Anne
Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable,
Leslie Jamison, Liz Pelly, Maggie Nelson, Margo Jefferson, Megan Jasper,
Ottessa Moshfegh, Simone White, Yiyun Li, and Zakia Sewell.
In this radical departure from the historic narrative of music and music writing being written by men, for men, This Woman's Work
challenges the male dominance and sexism that have been hard-coded in
the canons of music, literature, and film and has forced women to fight
pigeon-holing or being side-lined by carving out their own space. Women
have to speak up, to shout louder to tell their story--like the auteurs
and ground-breakers featured in this collection, including: Anne Enright
on Laurie Anderson; Megan Jasper on her ground-breaking work with Sub
Pop; Margo Jefferson on Bud Powell and Ella Fitzgerald; and Fatima
Bhutto on music and dictatorship.
This Woman's Work also
features writing on the experimentalists, women who blended music and
activism, the genre-breakers, the vocal auteurs; stories of lost
homelands and friends; of propaganda and dictatorships, the women of
folk and country, the racialized tropes of jazz, the music of Trap and
Carriacou; of mixtapes and violin lessons.
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