Technology and the gendering of music education
By: Victoria Armstrong
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781409417842; 9781409434139
Subjects: Music and technology; Computer music; Music; Instruction and study; Technological innovations; Sex differences in education
Description: "This book is about the construction of gendered identities in the music technology classroom. It explores how gendered discourses around music composition and technology are constructed and how young composers position themselves within these discursive frameworks"--Introd.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-152) and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenging technological determinism in the music education classroom; title: Gendered cultures in the music technology classroom; title: Gendering technological expertise; title: Gendering the musical idea; title: Computers as a medium for composition; title: Reclaiming compositional spaces; title: Conclusion.