Lori Burns is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Ottawa. Mélisse Lafrance is a doctoral candidate in French Studies at the University of Oxford.

• Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Cultural Studies Approach to Women and Popular Music 2. Close Readings of Popular Song: Intersections among Socio-cultural, Musical, and Lyrical Meanings 3. Tori Amos, Crucify (1991) 4. Courtney Love (Hole), Live Through This (1994) 5. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mary Magdalene (1996) 6. P.J. Harvey, Is this desire? (1998) Appendix 1: Song Lyrics Appendix 2: Reductive Analysis: Notation and Terminology

Lori Burns is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Ottawa. Mélisse Lafrance is a doctoral candidate in French Studies at the University of Oxford.

• Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Cultural Studies Approach to Women and Popular Music 2. Close Readings of Popular Song: Intersections among Socio-cultural, Musical, and Lyrical Meanings 3. Tori Amos, Crucify (1991) 4. Courtney Love (Hole), Live Through This (1994) 5. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mary Magdalene (1996) 6. P.J. Harvey, Is this desire? (1998) Appendix 1: Song Lyrics Appendix 2: Reductive Analysis: Notation and Terminology

Lori Burns is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Ottawa. Mélisse Lafrance is a doctoral candidate in French Studies at the University of Oxford.

• Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Cultural Studies Approach to Women and Popular Music 2. Close Readings of Popular Song: Intersections among Socio-cultural, Musical, and Lyrical Meanings 3. Tori Amos, Crucify (1991) 4. Courtney Love (Hole), Live Through This (1994) 5. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mary Magdalene (1996) 6. P.J. Harvey, Is this desire? (1998) Appendix 1: Song Lyrics Appendix 2: Reductive Analysis: Notation and Terminology