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Freedom girls : voicing femininity in 1960s British pop

Title
Freedom girls : voicing femininity in 1960s British pop / Alexandra M. Apolloni.
Author
Apolloni, Alexandra M.
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

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Description
ix, 323 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"This introduction positions the history of girl and young women singers in the 1960s in the context of broader histories of vocal training; ideas about voice, respectability, and expressivity; and the models of youthful femininity that were emergent in 1960s Britain. It connects this study to the emerging field of Voice Studies and provide an overview of the book's chapters"--
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Popular music > Great Britain > 1961-1970 > History and criticism
  • Women singers > Great Britain
  • Femininity in music
  • Femininity in popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Femininity in popular culture
  • Popular music
  • Women singers
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-310) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Vocal Manners for Moderns -- Part I. Ordinary, Extraordinary Voices. Chart Chicks and Gear Girls : The Limits of Mod Femininity ; "A girl in a million, just like a million" : Sandie Shaw and Ordinary Girlhood ; Sounding Like Liverpool : Region, Memory, and Cilla Black's Accent -- Part II. England meets Jamaica's Lollipop Girl : Millie Small, Voice, and Migration ; Race, Self-Invention, and Dusty Springfield's Voice -- Part III. Voice, Age, and Sex. The Last Remaining Virgin in London : Lulu, Whiteness, and Youth ; Sex, Freedom, and Marianne Faithfull's Voice at the Twilight of the Sixties ; Remembering Rock and Roll with P.P. Arnold -- Epilogue.
Call Number
JME 22-9
ISBN
  • 9780190879907
  • 0190879904
  • 9780190879891
  • 0190879890
LCCN
2021028912
OCLC
1255689200
Author
Apolloni, Alexandra M., author.
Title
Freedom girls : voicing femininity in 1960s British pop / Alexandra M. Apolloni.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-310) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Form:
Online version: Apolloni, Alexandra M., Freedom girls [First.] New York : Oxford University Press, 2021 9780190879921 (DLC) 2021028913
Research Call Number
JME 22-9
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