Music, Gender, Education

by Lucy Green and Green

Book Overview

This book focuses on the role of education in relation to music and gender. Invoking a concept of musical patriarchy and a theory of the social construction musical meanings, Lucy Green 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, Dr Green uses ethnographic methods to convey the everyday interactions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521555221
• ISBN13: 9780521555227
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"