Rock and roll

The central question of, what is womanhood? anchors this work. Within that wondering and examination is research into feminism, in conversation with rock and roll and 1980s MTV, gender studies, queer studies, and dance studies. The interrogation of MTV as a superstructure for no…

The myriad music styles performed in the Republic of Turkey are a complex amalgam of contemporary and historical elements. Using a mixture of archival and ethnographic methodologies, I examine the process by which Turkish performers domesticated Rock and Roll genre cues in the m…