Variations on a Theme: Reclaiming Feminine Agency with Tori Amos's <italic>Night of Hunters</italic>

dc.contributor.advisorMiyakawa, Feliciaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcLeland, Karaen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberShearon, Stephenen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberHelford, Elyceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T18:44:40Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T18:44:40Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-28en_US
dc.description.abstractFor several decades music scholars have criticized the Western classical music canon for its failure to represent authentic female voices. This thesis demonstrates how Tori Amos's album <italic>Night of Hunters</italic> is an important work in reclaiming feminine agency in the canon. As a twenty-first century song cycle, <italic>Night of Hunters</italic> is a twofold variation on a theme. Literally, the album is based on existing pieces written by canonical composers. Figuratively, the album serves as a variation on the long-standing theme of masculine dominance in the canon. Amos establishes feminine agency in this album in very strategic ways: by drawing from subversive models, through the construction of matriarchal lineages and overt invocations of feminine spirituality and mythology, and with the practice of musical borrowing. Drawing on interdisciplinary feminist scholarship, this thesis considers <italic>Night of Hunters</italic> as a significant work in the ongoing negotiation of feminine agency in the Western classical musical canon.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3506
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectCanonen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectMusicen_US
dc.subjectNight of Huntersen_US
dc.subjectTori Amosen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subject.umiMusicen_US
dc.subject.umiWomen's studiesen_US
dc.subject.umiGender studiesen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titleVariations on a Theme: Reclaiming Feminine Agency with Tori Amos's <italic>Night of Hunters</italic>en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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