Masculinity, Class and Music Education: Boys Performing Middle-Class...

Masculinity, Class and Music Education: Boys Performing Middle-Class...

Palgrave Macmillan

Masculinity, Class and Music EducationBoys Performing Middle-Class Masculinities through Music\nAuthor(s): Clare Hall\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9781137502544, 978-1137502544\nSynopsis\nThis 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 unde.

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