The Race of Sound : Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music /

The Race of Sound : Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music /

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In The Race of Sound Nina Sun Eidsheim traces the ways in which sonic attributes that might seem natural, such as the voice and its qualities, are socially produced. Eidsheim illustrates how listeners measure race through sound and locate racial subjectivities in vocal timbre--the color or tone of a...

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Main Author: Eidsheim, Nina Sun, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Music > Social aspects.
Music and race.
African Americans.
MUSIC / Ethnomusicology
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Chant > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Musique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Timbre > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Voix > Culture > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Musique et race > États-Unis.
Noirs americains > Musique > Aspect social.
Singing > Social aspects > United States.
Music > Social aspects > United States.
Tone color (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
Voice culture > Social aspects > United States.
Music and race > United States.
African Americans > Music > Social aspects.
Scott, Jimmy, > 1925-2014.
Holiday, Billie, > 1915-1959.
Anderson, Marian, > 1897-1993.
Vocaloid (Computer file)
United States.
Electronic books.
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