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# Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 The academic study of popular music
- 2 The position of women in popular music
  - 2.1 Gendered music roles
- 3 Popular music and the counterculture
  - 3.1 Authenticity
  - 3.2 Women musicians and the counterculture
- 4 Women in rock: Janis Joplin
- 5 Joplin’s singing style
- 6 Joplin’s image and reception
- 7 The ‘other’ and Joplin
- 8 The sexual revolution and Joplin
- 9 ‘One of the guys’
- 10 Joplin’s lasting reputation
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements

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