The volume's Introduction sheds light on the production, use, and circulation of the child image in modern and contemporary Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and the Muslim diaspora in Europe and America. It also tackles the role of... more
The volume's Introduction sheds light on the production, use, and circulation of the child image in modern and contemporary Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and the Muslim diaspora in Europe and America. It also tackles the role of diverse visual media—including film, video games, comic books, satirical journals, and illustrated (text) books— and how such media contribute to the formation and expression of cultural, political, and religious identities in a variety of modern Muslim contexts.
From the perennially young, precocious figure of 'little orphan Annie' to the physical and vocal ageing of the eighteenth-century castrato, interlinked cultural constructions of age and gender are central to the historical and... more
From the perennially young, precocious figure of 'little orphan Annie' to the physical and vocal ageing of the eighteenth-century castrato, interlinked cultural constructions of age and gender are central to the historical and contemporary depiction of creative activity and its audiences. Gender, Age and Musical Creativity takes an interdisciplinary approach to issues of identity and its representation, examining intersections of age and gender in relation to music and musicians across a wide range of periods, places, and genres, including female patronage in Renaissance Italy, the working-class brass band tradition of northern England, twentieth-century jazz and popular music cultures, and the contemporary 'New Music' scene. Drawing together the work of musicologists and practitioners, the collection offers new ways in which to conceptualise the complex links between age and gender in both individual and collective practice and their reception: essays explore juvenilia and 'late' style in composition and performance, the role of public and private institutions in fostering and sustaining creative activity throughout the course of musical careers, and the ways in which genres and scenes themselves age over time.
