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Masculinity, Class and Music Education

Boys Performing Middle-Class Masculinities through Music

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Clare Hall

    1. Monash University, Frankston, Australia

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  • Challenges prevalent understandings in feminist and queer musicology of singing as a ‘feminised’ or ‘unmasculine’ practice
  • Explores gender, class and education issues from the uncommon perspective of boys and their singing voices
  • Theorise how certain forms of masculinity are privileged and reproduced through music and music education

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education (GED)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Making Masculinities Through Music

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 1-10

  3. Gendering the Boy Voice

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 11-28

  4. Venerating Angels

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 29-44

  5. Thinking About Masculinity, Class and Music with Bourdieu

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 45-65

  6. Capitalising on Musical Mothering

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 67-92

  7. Becoming Choirboys

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 93-119

  8. Vocalising Gender and Class

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 121-143

  9. Practising Virtuosity

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 145-172

  10. Conclusion

    • Clare Hall
    Pages 173-179

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 181-219
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Monash University, Frankston, Australia

    Clare Hall

About the author

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.

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