[1] The significance of gender as a determining musical factor entangled in the web of music analysis has been too commonly overlooked. Adopting gender as a primary starting block can serve as a useful corrective to unintentionally biased contexts when analyzing historical musical literature. It is also a crucial consideration when a.empting the difficult theoretical task of interpreting contemporary musical texts, particularly in the production and performance of popular musics. A new anthology by Diane Pecknold and Kristine M. McCusker pushes us to take seriously the intersectionally gendered aspects of aesthetics, composition, genre studies, performance, technology, and reception history of country music. It considers both historical and contemporary music and musicians from these diverse analytical perspectives, with each author’s approach illuminating the others.

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Diane Pecknold 和 Kristine M. McCusker 的评论，《乡村男孩和乡下女人：性别和乡村音乐的新论文》（密西西比大学出版社，2016 年）

[1] 性别作为纠缠在音乐分析网络中的决定性音乐因素的重要性已被普遍忽视。在分析历史音乐文献时，将性别作为主要起点可以作为一种有用的纠正措施，以纠正无意间有偏见的背景。在解决解释当代音乐文本的艰巨理论任务时，尤其是在流行音乐的制作和表演中，这也是一个重要的考虑因素。Diane Pecknold 和 Kristine M. McCusker 的新选集促使我们认真对待乡村音乐的美学、作曲、流派研究、表演、技术和接受历史的交叉性别方面。它从这些不同的分析角度考虑了历史和当代音乐以及音乐家，