Sing Us a Song Piano Woman

Sing Us a Song Piano Woman: Female Fans and the Music of Tori Amos explores the many-layered relationships female fans build with feminist musicians in general and with Tori Amos in particular. Using original interview research with more than forty fans of Tori Amos multiple observer-participant experiences at Amos’s concerts and critical content analysis of Amos’s lyrics and larger body of work Adrienne Trier-Bieniek utilizes a combination of gender emotions music and activism to unravel the typecasts plaguing female fans. Trier-Bieniek aggressively challenges the popular culture stereotypes that have painted all female fans as screaming crying teenage girls who are unable to control themselves when a favorite (generally male) performer occupies the stage. <br/><BR />