Men, Masculinity, Music and Emotions
This book looks at the historic and contemporary links between music's connection to emotions and men's supposed discomfort with their own emotional experience. Looking at music tastes and distaste, it demonstrates how a sociological analysis of music and
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Men, Masculinity, Music and Emotions Sam de Boise Örebro University, Sweden
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ISBN 978-1-349-56650-1 ISBN 978-1-137-43609-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137436092 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
Contents List of Tables
vi
Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction
1
1 A History of Sex and Gender Differences in Emotion
22
2 Boys Don’t Cry? Men, Masculinity and Emotions
45
3 Masculinity, Music and the Mass Market
70
4 Music Listening, Emotions, Age and Context
94
5 Distaste, Discourse and the Politics of Emotional Authenticity
121
6 Affect, Embodiment and Masculinity
145
Conclusion: Rethinking Men, Masculinity, Music and Emotions
176
Appendices
188
Notes
200
Bibliography
208
Index
235
v
List of Tables A1
CLOSED – On a scale of 1 to 7 (7 being the most important and 1 being the least important), how important are the following things to you? A2 CLOSED – On a scale of 1 to 7 (7 being the most and 1 being the least), from the following, how does the music that you choose to listen to, make you feel? A3 OPEN – How does your first/second/third choice make you feel when you listen to it (combined answers)? A4 CLOSED – Gendered practices and emotion labels attached to music preference, split by men in each age group A5 CLOSED – How important, would you say on a scale of 1 to 7 (7 being the most important and 1 being the least important), music is
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