Masculinity, class and music education : boys performing middle-class masculinities through music / Clare Hall.

Intro; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction: Making Masculinities Through Music; Organisation of the Chapters; 2: Gendering the Boy Voice; Introduction; Locating Some of the 'Problems' with Boys in Music; Sounding Like a Girl; Singing in the Key of Bloke; Listening for Gender and Class; Queer(y)ing Masculinities in Music; Conclusion; 3: Venerating Angels; Introduction; Obfuscating Male Vocality with Castration; Queering Cathedral Choirboys' Inimitability; Representing the Modern Traditional Choirboy; Conclusion; 4: Thinking About Masculinity, Class and Music with Bourdieu

IntroductionWorking with Bourdieu's Concepts; Conceptualising Musical Habitus; Gendering Habitus; Outlining the Study; Introducing the Participants; Conclusion; 5: Capitalising on Musical Mothering; Introduction; Nurturing Habitus Through Musical Mothering; Cultivating Talent; Balancing Emotions; Conclusion; 6: Becoming Choirboys; Introduction; Expressing Yourself; Emotional Budgeting; Singing Agents; Conclusion; 7: Vocalising Gender and Class; Introduction; Being Different from Other Boys; Becoming 'Renaissance Men'; Misrecognising Taste and Talent; Conclusion; 8: Practising Virtuosity

IntroductionEducating Eminence; Learning Discipline; Negotiating Choral Bodies; Conclusion; 9: Conclusion; Producing Voices of Distinction; Theorising the Symbolic Meanings of the Choirboy; Unveiling Musical Mothering; Developing a Pedagogy for Virtuosity; Thinking Through Musical Habitus; Closing Cadence; References; Index