"The “Missing Muscle”: Attitudes to Women Working in Cinema and Music 1910 to 1930

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dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NC-NDen
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Laraineen
dc.date.acceptance2017-02-24en
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-16T10:07:55Z
dc.date.available2017-03-16T10:07:55Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-25
dc.description.abstractIn the 1900s as Edwardian women musicians moved from music teaching into public performance, cinemas offered a safe place: out of the spotlight and in the relative anonymity of the darkened auditorium. The rapid growth in cinemas from the 1910s also meant that women were needed to fill the demand for ensembles, pianists and vocalists; a demand that greatly increased during WWI. However, women faced successive waves of backlashes and debates about their abilities played out in the music and popular press, in trade and fan magazines and in the Musician’s Union. Evidence of women’s experience can also be gleaned from personal testimony, diaries and autobiography, but this is piecemeal and represents only a fraction of what was a considerable occupation for women. Focusing on cinema musicianship, this article examines the battles for women entering the profession between 1900 and 1930.en
dc.explorer.multimediaNoen
dc.funderAHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council)en
dc.identifier.citationPorter, L. (2017) "The “Missing Muscle”: Attitudes to Women Working in Cinema and Music 1910 to 1930. Popular Music & Society, 40 (5), pp. 499-517en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2017.1348669
dc.identifier.issn0300-7766
dc.identifier.issn1740-1712
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/13629
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidAH/L013800/1en
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.researchgroupCinema and Television History Research Centreen
dc.researchinstituteCinema and Television History Institute (CATHI)en
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectmusicen
dc.subjectsilent cinemaen
dc.subject1900sen
dc.subject1910sen
dc.subject1920sen
dc.subjectMusician’s Unionen
dc.subjectSociety of Women Musiciansen
dc.title"The “Missing Muscle”: Attitudes to Women Working in Cinema and Music 1910 to 1930en
dc.typeArticleen

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