
Masculinity, Class and Music Education
Boys Performing Middle-Class Masculinities through Music
Clare Hall(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 18. July 2018
Book
Hardback
XI, 219 pages
978-1-137-50254-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a provocative sociological examination of masculinity, class and music education within the context of a unique and fascinating culture: the classical musical world of choirboys. The myriad cultural meanings embodied in the 'boy voice' are unravelled through compelling musical narratives of young choirboys, their mothers, and their teachers. The book investigates how boys negotiate dominant gender-class discourses and the various pedagogies involved in producing middle-class masculinities during primary school and early years contexts. Drawing on the theoretical resources of Bourdieu to develop the concept of 'musical habitus', the continued symbolic distinction of the choirboy is analysed in order to better understand how culture is simultaneously reproduced and evolving through music. This interdisciplinary work at the juncture of pedagogy and culture will appeal to social science researchers, educators and arts practitioners interested in the sociocultural dynamicsof music.
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Series
Edition
2018 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
XI, 219 p. 1 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-50254-4 (9781137502544)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-50255-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Clare Hall
Masculinity, Class and Music Education
Boys Performing Middle-Class Masculinities through Music
E-Book
07/2018
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€128.39
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Person
Clare Hall
is Lecturer in Performing Arts at Monash University, Australia. Her research is located in the sociology of education and the creative arts, with a focus on music and intersectionality.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction: Making Masculinities Through Music.- Chapter 2. Gendering the Boy Voice.- Chapter 3. Venerating Angels.- Chapter 4. Thinking about Masculinity, Class and Music with Bordieu.- Chapter 5. Capitalising on Musical Mothering.- Chapter 6. Becoming Choirboys.- Chapter 7. Vocalising Gender and Class.- Chapter 8. Practising Virtuosity.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.