ABSTRACT

Mimi Schippers is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Tulane University.

Her research focuses on how gender and sexual inequalities are produced, sustained, and

challenged through face-to-face interaction and cultural practice. She is author of the book,

Rockin’ Out of Box:Gender Maneuvering in Alternative Hard Rock (Rutgers University Press, 2002).

What do you mean by the heterosexism of mainstream rock and roll culture?