Music, gender, education / Lucy Green.

Author/creator Green, Lucy
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Descriptionxii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Part I. Musical meaning and women's musical practice. Affirming femininity: women singing, women enabling -- From affirmation to interruption: women playing instruments -- Threatening femininity: women composing/improvising -- Towards a model of gendered musical meaning and experience -- Part II. Gendered musical meaning in contemporary education. Affirming femininity in the music classroom -- From affirmation to interruption of femininity in the music classroom -- Threatening femininity in the music classroom -- The music curriculum and the possibilities for intervention.
Abstract This is the first book to focus on the role of education in relation to music and gender. Invoking a concept of musical patriarchy and a theory of the social construction of musical meaning, the author shows how women's musical practices and gendered musical meanings have been reproduced, hand in hand, through history. Covering a wide range of music, including classical, jazz and popular styles, the author uses ethnographic methods to convey the everyday interactions and experiences of girls, boys, and their teachers. She views the contemporary school music classroom as a microcosm of the wider society, and reveals the participation of music education in the continued production and reproduction of gendered musical practices and meanings.
Local noteLittle-315703--305131023202M
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index.
LCCN 96024711
ISBN0521555175 (hardback)
ISBN9780521555173 (hardback)
ISBN0521555221 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML82 .G74 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold