Voice as Action: Towards a Model for Analyzing the Dynamic Construction of Racialized Voice

Vocal timbre is commonly believed to be an unmanipulable attribute, akin to a sonic fingerprint. Because the voice arises from inside the body, quotidian discourse tends to refer to someone’s vocal sounds as inborn, natural, and true expressions of the person. What, then, are we to make of the comm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nina Eidsheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2012-03-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5218