Unsilenced

Unsilenced combines critical feminist work on sexual violence, structural analysis of the music industry, close listening to individual tracks and personal, and academic reflections on music fandom in a post #MeToo era. The book is essential for anyone thinking about the ethics of popular culture and sexual violence, and its call for a feminist politics of listening will be inspiring for anyone thinking about cultural range around sexual and gender-based violence. * Tanya Serisier, Professor of Feminist Theory, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * This valuable book offers an unflinching consideration of how gender-based violence works in the music industry. With three illuminating case studies, the authors are able to dig deep into the systems of power that shape our understandings of “survivors” and abusers. Thoughtful attention to work by Kesha, Alice Glass, and Lingua Ignota shows how these artists express their experiences of GBV through their music. The result is an urgent and insightful exploration of a painful, pervasive reality. * Jacqueline Warwick, Professor of Music and Gender & Women’s Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada * This is the first book to explore the effects of gender-based violence on artists and music in the popular music industry today. It is a timely and important contribution that I hope will inspire future focus on power, sexuality, and violence in contemporary music. * Ann Werner, Associate Professor, Musicology, Uppsala University, Sweden * Framed by rising exposure and critique of music industry misogyny and sexual violence, this book provides a timely and compelling feminist analysis of the artistic responses of three prominent women musicians to their experiences. * David Hesmondhalgh, Professor of Media, Music and Culture, University of Leeds, UK *