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Based on a content analysis of a compilation album released in the early years of the women's music community, we find that music aids in the construction of collective identities by bridging the individual and collective. The women's music community was a part of lesbian feminism and emerged in the mid-1970s and was centered around the concerts, festivals and production and consumption of music. We analyze individual themes of pride in/claiming a lesbian identity, romantic yearning to illustrate how musicians and poets presented lesbian lives and loves as desirable and without stigma. We examine how collective themes that acknowledged societal homophobia and encouraged group resistance created a sense of community and a need for change. We argue that music played a key role in the construction of a positive lesbian feminist identity in a time of homophobia and discrimination. We find that this process provides a framework for understanding how music can play a role in the construction of positive collective identities in times of societal bias and/or backlash.

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Author

Jo Reger; Sam Heintz

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences