Books by Lori Burns

Within popular music there are entire genres, styles, techniques, and practices that rely heavily on musical intertextuality and references between music of different styles and genres. This interdisciplinary collection of essays covers a wide range of musical styles and artists to investigate intertextuality - the shaping of one text by another - in popular music.

This book examines how female rock artists such as Tori Amos, Sara McLachlan, P.J. Harvey and k.d. lang explore themes of gender and sexuality in their musical and lyrical expression.