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This essay analyses, from a feminist perspective, how audiences in punk live music performances m... more This essay analyses, from a feminist perspective, how audiences in punk live music performances make use of the space available to them. More specifically, the analysis covers how audiences place themselves in the dance floor and make use of the space differently according to gender divisions. As it will be seen, slam dancing (also known as moshing) is a typical dance form that occurs in this type of performances, which is characterized by its aggressiveness and predominantly male participation. This arguably homosocial space tends to be otherwise heavily charged with political messages and critical analysis of society and its conventions, to the point of becoming its main distinctive feature. It is therefore most suitable for a feminist analysis of public spaces of leisure: to figure out whether these countercultural locales escape sexist divisions of space found in modern societies.
This paper presents the theoretical proposal by German author Roswitha Scholz, which she has been... more This paper presents the theoretical proposal by German author Roswitha Scholz, which she has been developing outside academic circles since the 1980s, as part of the discussion groups Krisis and EXIT! Similar to authors like Anselm Jappe and Robert Kurz, Scholz reinterprets the work of Marx to formulate radical criticism of Marxist feminism based on class struggle and the uncritical assumption of Marxist categories to tackle the oppression of women. Alternatively, Scholz proposes her theory of value dissociation, a renewed perspective to the debate on the relationship between capitalism and patriarchy. We examine crucial aspects of her proposal, its limitations and difficulties, as well as its contributions to feminism, pointing out at new avenues for research.
This essay analyses, from a feminist perspective, how audiences in punk live music performances m... more This essay analyses, from a feminist perspective, how audiences in punk live music performances make use of the space available to them. More specifically, the analysis covers how audiences place themselves in the dance floor and make use of the space differently according to gender divisions. As it will be seen, slam dancing (also known as moshing) is a typical dance form that occurs in this type of performances, which is characterized by its aggressiveness and predominantly male participation. This arguably homosocial space tends to be otherwise heavily charged with political messages and critical analysis of society and its conventions, to the point of becoming its main distinctive feature. It is therefore most suitable for a feminist analysis of public spaces of leisure: to figure out whether these countercultural locales escape sexist divisions of space found in modern societies.
This paper presents the theoretical proposal by German author Roswitha Scholz, which she has been... more This paper presents the theoretical proposal by German author Roswitha Scholz, which she has been developing outside academic circles since the 1980s, as part of the discussion groups Krisis and EXIT! Similar to authors like Anselm Jappe and Robert Kurz, Scholz reinterprets the work of Marx to formulate radical criticism of Marxist feminism based on class struggle and the uncritical assumption of Marxist categories to tackle the oppression of women. Alternatively, Scholz proposes her theory of value dissociation, a renewed perspective to the debate on the relationship between capitalism and patriarchy. We examine crucial aspects of her proposal, its limitations and difficulties, as well as its contributions to feminism, pointing out at new avenues for research.