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Honeysuckle Full of Poison: Gender Politics and the 1990s Reception of Courtney Love
(2019) Nave, Briana; Robin, William; Music; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
Courtney Love, frontwoman of grunge band Hole, is best known for her marriage to Kurt Cobain, the revered frontman of rock band Nirvana. In the 1990s Love was unable to escape persistent sexist stereotyping by the media and Cobain’s fans even after two critically acclaimed albums and other significant artistic accomplishments. Cobain’s status was valued so highly in patriarchal society and masculinist rock that the possibility of Love’s success, who as his wife should have been subordinate, was perceived as a threat to Cobain’s dominancy and legacy. The feminist themes of her music and her unabashed ambition provoked gender anxieties in 1990s American society that reflected in her press reception. Through an analysis of her media reception from 1991 to 1999, this thesis reveals that Love’s public vilification was a matter of sociocultural policing that sought to enforce gender boundaries delineated by prohibitive patriarchal formations in marriage and rock music.
Interview between Ryan Goldberg and Gina Heredea
(2014-05) Goldberg, Ryan A.; Heredea, Gina
Interview with Nelson Cabezas
(2014-05) Jimenez, David A.; Cabezas, Nelson
The interview with Nelson Cabezas, a Chilean-American, is about his work history. His occupation as a tailor defines who he is. His pursuit to expand his tailoring education is what brought him to the United States. Even though he was unable to acquire an education in design he made due by working labor intensive jobs such as catering and delivery services. At the same time he was able to practice his craft as a tailor by working part time on the side until he was able to work for U.S. Navy as a tailor. An interesting aspect of this interview is the relationship of Nelson to the interviewer. He is my stepfather. This posed some challenges for the questions I had prepared beforehand because I wanted to explore topics Nelson has never covered with me before and I was unsure on how to respond to information that I already knew beforehand. Therefore, the abrupt transitions from topic to topic are not the result of my disinterest, but are the result of my desire to know information I never knew before.