{"product_id":"vocal-break-9781784745271","title":"Vocal Break","description":"\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGirls to the front: NOW.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lauren Elkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452743233878,"sku":"9781784745271","price":25.54,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781784745271.jpg?v=1793655987","url":"https:\/\/www.bookshop.lv\/en\/products\/vocal-break-9781784745271","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}