Research Catalog

Title

Masculinity, class and music education : boys performing middle-class masculinities through music / Clare Hall.

Author

Hall, Clare (Clare Angela)

Publication

• London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xi, 219 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

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 dynamics of music.

Series Statement

Palgrave studies in gender and education

Uniform Title

Palgrave studies in gender and education.

Subjects

• Choirboys
• Music > Performance > Social aspects
• Choirboys > Training of
• Masculinity
• Men > Psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-211) and index.

Contents

Introduction: making masculinities through music -- Gendering the boy voice -- Venerating angels -- Thinking about masculinity: class and music with Bordieu -- Capitalising on musical mothering -- Becoming choirboys -- Vocalising gender and class -- Practising virtuosity -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFD 18-5549

ISBN

• 1137502541
• 9781137502544

OCLC

1044864870

Author

Hall, Clare (Clare Angela), author.

Title

Masculinity, class and music education : boys performing middle-class masculinities through music / Clare Hall.

Publisher

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Palgrave studies in gender and education

Palgrave studies in gender and education.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-211) and index.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781137502551

Research Call Number

JFD 18-5549