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How high should boys sing? : gender, authenticity and credibility in the young male voice / Martin Ashley.

Ashley, Martin, 1953-
2009
782.008341 A826h 2009
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Title
How high should boys sing? : gender, authenticity and credibility in the young male voice / Martin Ashley.
Author
Ashley, Martin, 1953-
ISBN
9780754664758 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0754664759 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780754696148 (ebk.)
0754696146 (ebk.)
Imprint
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT. : Ashgate, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xii, 182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
782.008341 A826h 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)311075160
(OCoLC)311075160
Summary
Martin Ashley presents a unique consideration of boys' singing that shows the high voice to be historically, culturally and physiologically more problematic even than is commonly assumed. Through Ashley's extensive conversations with young performers and analysis of their reception by 'peer audiences', the research reveals that the common supposition that 'boys don't want to sound like girls' is far from adequate in explaining the 'missing males' syndrome that can perplex choir directors. The book intertwines the study of singing with the study of identity. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The background
Singing as social control of boyhood
Physiology of the young male voice
Subjectivity and agency in the young male voice
Admiration of the boy
A child doing a man's work in a man's world
Angels in the market place
We can't sing like men, so we won't sing at all
Ambassadors and mediators
The future.
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