Brocken, Michael and Hamer, Laura (2016) Mary Hamer: A hidden history of popular music in Liverpool. In: Jazz Utopia International Jazz Conference, 15-17 April 2016, Birmingham City University.
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One example of popular memory that has been partially eradicated by the centrality of singular narratives of Liverpool’s popular-past can be illustrated by the case of Mary (Daley) Hamer. Our contention is that Mary has been all-but forgotten from contemporary narratives of popular music.
Mary Hamer had to negotiate the very real complication of negotiating taking on a ‘man’s’ role - literally leading an all-male group, at a time when men were used to leading in both public and private life – especially given the pockets of initial male resistance which initially greeted her appointment to take up her husband’s position as bandleader – it may well be that minimising her sexuality via dress also helped her to minimise any perceived threat that the stereotypical gender reversal which her leading an all-male band might have posed.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Creative and Performing Arts |
| Depositing User: | Mike Brocken |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2016 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2022 11:52 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1318 |
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