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

Title
How high should boys sing? : gender, authenticity and credibility in the young male voice / Martin Ashley.
Author
Ashley, Martin, 1953-
Publication
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2009.

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Description
xii, 182 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Singing > Social aspects
  • Boys > Psychology
  • Voice, Change of
  • Singing > Instruction and study > Great Britain
  • Singing > Psychological aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9780754664758 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0754664759 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780754696148 (ebk.)
  • 0754696146 (ebk.)
LCCN
  • 2009007665
  • 99935457278
OCLC
  • ocn311075160
  • 311075160
  • SCSB-9093296
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries