Race and Curriculum [electronic resource] : Music in Childhood Education /
Gustafson, R.author.
This book focuses on the near total attrition of African American students from school music programmes and the travesty of democratic education that it symbolizes. Gustafson shows how understanding this history makes a space for change without resorting to the simplistic conclusion that the schools and teachers are racist.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prelude; 1 Fabricating the Future Citizen: The Ballads of a Nation; 2 The Child as Charmed Victim: Early Vocal Instruction and the Social Distinctions Conferred by Disease; 3 Making Daily Life Sublime: Verse and Rhythm "Never to Abase or Degrade"; 4 Bacchanalian Chaos, Degenerate Hymns, Public Music Instruction, and the Discursive Fabrication of Whiteness; 5 Ranking the Listener, Disciplining the Audience; 6 Goodbye Darwin: Music Appreciation and Musical Publics; 7 Reason, Ventriloquism, and National Music Memory Contests
8 The Listening Body and the Power of the Good Ear9 Aural Icons and Social Outcasts: Beethoven, Lincoln, and "His Master's Voice"; 10 Rethinking Participatory Limits: From Music Standards to Hip-Hop; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book focuses on the near total attrition of African American students from school music programmes and the travesty of democratic education that it symbolizes. Gustafson shows how understanding this history makes a space for change without resorting to the simplistic conclusion that the schools and teachers are racist.
Ethnicity.
Curriculums (Courses of study).
Education—Curricula.
Geology.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Educational sociology.
Political communication.
Ethnicity Studies.
Curriculum Studies.
Geology.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Political Communication.