{"product_id":"9781784745271-vocal-break","title":"Vocal Break","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Women, Music and Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eArt Monsters \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Scaffolding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It took me ten years to go from shy young girl to punk rocker, if I'd had this book I'd have got there much quicker’ Viv Albertine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor millennia, women’s raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous. Women singing were cast as sirens: mythical creatures who lured sailors to their death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVocal Break, \u003c\/i\u003eLauren Elkin seamlessly blends memoir, feminist manifesto and cultural history to explore a plurality of female singing voices – and how women have used them to defy convention, genre, capitalism, racism and sexism. Drawing on her own experiences training as a young soprano in the 1990s, Elkin reflects on the way power and identity shape our voices, focusing on the women who most excited her when she was learning to sing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vocal break refers to the place where the voice shifts from lower to higher registers and this is a book about what kind of meanings, and sounds, can be made there. Immersing readers in an eclectic soundscape, from musicals and pop music to art punk, what follows is a full-throated tour of women’s voices, including\u003cb\u003e Édith Piaf, Maria Callas, Cyndi Lauper, Kathleen Hanna, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Beyoncé, FKA Twigs and Billie Eilish.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflecting on what makes women’s singing so powerful – to the point where others feel the need to control or manipulate it – \u003ci\u003eVocal Break \u003c\/i\u003eis a joyous call to arms, a siren call:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGirls to the front: NOW.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56409893601654,"sku":"9781784745271","price":20.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39941072_01743c60-d8b3-4d0d-b24a-ce6ce7449285.jpg?v=1770845456","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784745271-vocal-break","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}