This book examines the uses and meanings of women's voices in British society and musical culture between 1780 and 1850. As previous scholars have argued, during these decades patriarchal power increasingly came to rest upon a particular understanding of the essentially different nature of male...

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Main Author:	Kennerley, David 1988- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York Oxford University Press 2020
Series:	New cultural history of music Oxford scholarship online
Subjects:	Geschichte 1780-1850 Women singers / Great Britain / History / 19th century Women singers / Great Britain / History / 18th century Music / Social aspects / Great Britain / History / 19th century Music / Social aspects / Great Britain / History / 18th century Singers / Great Britain / History Femininity in music Kultur Sängerin Musikleben Großbritannien Hochschulschrift
Online Access:	BSB01 Volltext
Summary:	This book examines the uses and meanings of women's voices in British society and musical culture between 1780 and 1850. As previous scholars have argued, during these decades patriarchal power increasingly came to rest upon a particular understanding of the essentially different nature of male and female physiology and psychology. As a result, this book contends, the female voice-believed to blend both physical and mental attributes-became central to maintaining, and challenging, gendered power structures. The book argues that the varying ways women used their voices-the sounds that they made, as much as the words they spoke or sang-were understood by contemporaries as aural markers of different kinds of femininity
Item Description:	Also issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (240 Seiten)
ISBN:	9780190097592
DOI:	10.1093/oso/9780190097561.001.0001