02962nam 2200661Ia 450 991077790710332120230207230402.01-315-58716-51-317-12084-11-282-26130-497866122613050-7546-9614-6(CKB)1000000000784051(EBL)449229(OCoLC)461293678(SSID)ssj0000173483(PQKBManifestationID)11164379(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173483(PQKBWorkID)10185429(PQKB)10055313(Au-PeEL)EBL449229(CaPaEBR)ebr10325872(CaONFJC)MIL919223(MiAaPQ)EBC449229(EXLCZ)99100000000078405120090220d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow high should boys sing?[electronic resource] Gender, authenticity and credibility in the young male voice /Martin AshleyFarnham, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgate Pub.2009182 p. ;24 cmIncludes index.0-7546-6475-9 Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Background; 2 Singing as Social Control of Boyhood; 3 Physiology of the Young Male Voice; 4 Subjectivity and Agency in the Young Male Voice; 5 Admiration of the Boy; 6 A Child Doing a Man's Work in a Man's World; 7 Angels in the Market Place; 8 We Can't Sing Like Men, So We Won't Sing At All; 9 Ambassadors and Mediators; 10 The Future; IndexA boy sings...a beautiful thing' (www.boychoirs.org), but is it? What kinds of boy, singing what kinds of music and to whom? Martin Ashley presents a unique consideration of boys' singing that shows the high voice to be historically, culturally and physiologically more problematic even than is commonly assumed. Through Ashley's extensive conversations with young performers and analysis of their reception by 'peer audiences', the research reveals that the common supposition that 'boys don't want to sound like girls' is far from adequate in explaining the 'missing males' syndrome that can perpleSingingSocial aspectsBoysPsychologyVoice, Change ofSingingInstruction and studyGreat BritainSingingPsychological aspectsSingingSocial aspects.BoysPsychology.Voice, Change of.SingingInstruction and studySingingPsychological aspects.782.008341783.7081Ashley Martin1953-1486280MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777907103321How high should boys sing3812657UNINA