Mismatched women : the siren's song through the machine
Fleeger, JenniferAuthor
This text tells the history of sound machines through singers whose bodies and voices do not match. Jennifer Fleeger explores this phenomenon, moving from the fictional Trilby to the real-life YouTube star Susan Boyle, and demonstrating along the way that singers with voices that do not match their bodies are essential to the success of technologies for preserving and sharing music.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text tells the history of sound machines through singers whose bodies and voices do not match. Jennifer Fleeger explores this phenomenon, moving from the fictional Trilby to the real-life YouTube star Susan Boyle, and demonstrating along the way that singers with voices that do not match their bodies are essential to the success of technologies for preserving and sharing music.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 22, 2014).
Popular music
Women singers
Femininity in music
Body image in women
Music
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Music Philosophy