Fwd: another possible idea

[Elizabeth Busbee]

Well, Yale has a women's and gender studies undergraduate major, as well as
a graduate student group that meets for talks every two weeks.  This is
organized by some classmates of mine in Anthropology and American Studies.

What specifically were you interested in?

Elizabeth Busbee
Yale University
Dept. Anthropology

>From: Alexa Champion <amchampion at HOME.COM>
>Reply-To: List for Feminists in Linguistics
><FLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
>To: FLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>Subject: Re: Fwd: another possible idea
>Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:10:26 -0400
>
>Not to ask the obvious, but what kind of cultural studies or women's
>studies
>folks do you have up there at Yale?
>
>Alexa Champion
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>To: <FLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 10:48 AM
>Subject: Fwd: another possible idea
>
>
> > Dear flingsters,
> >
> > Since everyone was so helpful last time I asked for suggestions for
> > research relating to student project topics, and since there did seem to
>be
> > widespread interest on the list in those topics (gender differences in
> > computer-mediated conversation and in speech to children), I thought I'd
> > try again with a new topic.  This is the project as currently conceived
>by
> > one of my students; she'll be very grateful for any pointers on what to
> > read or look for.
> >
> > larry
> >
> > >I had another idea for something interesting to look at for my final
>paper.
> > >It would be an unscientific study of popular music from each of the
>last...
> > >five? decades, maybe the top ten songs of each year.  The things that
>men
> > >and women sing about are different, as are the ways they express the
>things
> > >they sing about (even when they are the same, such as about a lover
>giving
> > >the cold shoulder or something).  Personally, I perceive stuff sung by
>men
> > >and women differently too (for instance, if a woman really misses a
>man,
>she's
> > >weak and pathetic, if a man really misses a woman, he's a romantic),
>and
> > >imagine other people do too.  So it'd be cool to see what kinds of
>songs
> > >from men and women the masses have wanted, and how that's changed over
>the
> > >years.  Has this been extensively studied already that you know of?
> > >
> >

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