| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction. Vocal Manners for Moderns -- Part I. Ordinary, Extraordinary Voices. Chart Chicks and Gear Girls : The Limits of Mod Femininity ; "A girl in a million, just like a million" : Sandie Shaw and Ordinary Girlhood ; Sounding Like Liverpool : Region, Memory, and Cilla Black's Accent -- Part II. England meets Jamaica's Lollipop Girl : Millie Small, Voice, and Migration ; Race, Self-Invention, and Dusty Springfield's Voice -- Part III. Voice, Age, and Sex. The Last Remaining Virgin in London : Lulu, Whiteness, and Youth ; Sex, Freedom, and Marianne Faithfull's Voice at the Twilight of the Sixties ; Remembering Rock and Roll with P.P. Arnold -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"This introduction positions the history of girl and young women singers in the 1960s in the context of broader histories of vocal training; ideas about voice, respectability, and expressivity; and the models of youthful femininity that were emergent in 1960s Britain. It connects this study to the emerging field of Voice Studies and provide an overview of the book's chapters"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 01, 2021) |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Great Britain -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism
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Women singers -- Great Britain
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Femininity in music.
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Femininity in popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Femininity in music
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Femininity in popular culture
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Popular music
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Women singers
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021028913 |
| ISBN |
9780190879938 |
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0190879939 |
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9780190879914 |
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0190879912 |
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0190879920 |
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9780190879921 |
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