Sexual violence and free speech in popular music

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dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NCen
dc.contributor.authorHill, R.L.en
dc.contributor.authorSavigny, Heatheren
dc.date.acceptance2018-08-01en
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-11T11:51:30Z
dc.date.available2018-09-11T11:51:30Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-01
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version.en
dc.description.abstractThis article re-examines the use of arguments in favour of free speech when faced with difficult subjects in music, such as sexual violence against women. We present a new perspective on the 1985 US Senate Hearing on Record Labeling and challenge the orthodoxy that the Hearing was only a matter of free speech. Using critical discourse analysis we argue that the sexist environment of the Hearing, the misogyny of the musicians, plus homosocial bonding resulted in the PMRC’s arguments being unaddressed as attention turned to censorship. Subsequent academic work has continued to focus on censorship, neglecting to investigate how music can propagate dangerous representations. This article indicates the need for a shift in popular music studies towards careful consideration of those aspects which are difficult and dangerous for women. It therefore opens up popular music to important new areas for critical examination and feminist analysis.en
dc.funderN/Aen
dc.identifier.citationHill, R.L. and Savigny, H. (2019) Sexual Violence and Free Speech in Popular Music. Popular Music, 38 (2), pp. 237-251en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143019000096
dc.identifier.issn0261-1430
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/16568
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.researchinstituteMedia and Communication Research Centre (MCRC)en
dc.subjectfree speechen
dc.subjectcensorshipen
dc.subjectpopular musicen
dc.titleSexual violence and free speech in popular musicen
dc.typeArticleen

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