Masculinity, Class and Music Education: Boys Performing Middle-Class Masculinities Through Music (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137502544)

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.

Author: Clare Hall
ISBN-10: 1137502541
ISBN-13: 9781137502544
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2018
Pages: 219
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d