Grace Edgar

Grace Edgar is a musicologist who specializes in US film music. Her current book project analyzes depictions of gender and sexuality in Cold War–era Hollywood action scores from swashbucklers in the 1950s to fantasy films of the 1980s. Her publications include a chapter in the edited collection Music in Action Film: Sounds Like Action! and an article in the Journal of the Society for American Music. Originally from Wisconsin, she earned an MA at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and a PhD from Harvard University. She has also taught at Connecticut College and Denison University.