part 1. Interpretation and polemics. Pitches, expression, ideology : an exercise in mediation (1983) ; The blasphemy of talking politics during Bach year (1987) ; Narrative agendas in "absolute" music : identity and difference in Brahms's third symphony (1993) ; Terminal prestige : the case of avant-garde music composition (1989)
part 2. Gender and sexuality. A material girl in Bluebeard's castle (1991) ; Structures of identity and difference in Bizet's Carmen (1997) ; Constructions of subjectivity in Schubert's music (1994)
part 3. Popular music. "Same as it ever was" : youth culture and music (1994) ; Living to tell : Madonna's resurrection of the fleshly (1990) ; Thinking blues (2000)
part 4. Early music. The cultural work of the madrigal (2004) ; Cycles of repetition : chacona, ciaccona, chaconne, and the chaconne.
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Reading music : selected essays by Susan McClary. ISBN 9780754626725. Published by Ashgate in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
