Dilating on life : Ani Difranco’s musical structuring of subjectivity and pleasure in "Dilate," 1993
For fans of guitarist-singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, the identification with a subjective reality experienced in her music is powerful and pleasurable enough to inspire them with ardent devotion.
Music and interpersonal communication: An in-depth view of Ani DiFranco, 1996
This study divides DiFranco's song lyrics into three categories of folk music, more specifically, message, protest, and propaganda songs which provide her audience with an ideology to which her fans can relate.