Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Collegiate A Cappella's Predecessors, Inception, and Historical Moment -- 1. From Nineteenth-Century Glee Clubs to Barbershop Harmony -- 2. The Whiffenpoofs: The "First" A Cappella Group -- 3. Doo-Wop and Late-Twentieth-Century Vocal Pop -- 4. The A Cappella Explosion -- Part II. Contemporary Collegiate A Cappella: Performance, Technology, and Community -- 5. Musical Components and Their Social Motivations -- 6. In Rehearsal: A Cappella's Social Performance -- 7. In Performance: Gender, Humor, Gesture, and Politics -- 8. Technology in Collegiate A Cappella Performance and Recording -- 9. Listening to Recordings: BOCA and Discourse -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |