Mismatched Women: The Siren's Song Through the Machine
Author:   Jennifer Fleeger (Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Ursinus College, Phoenixville, PA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199936915


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   11 September 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jennifer Fleeger (Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Ursinus College, Phoenixville, PA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780199936915


ISBN 10:   0199936919
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   11 September 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Chapter 1: Literary Divas: Trilby, Christine, and the Phantom of Phonography Chapter 2: Metropolitan Women: Geraldine Farrar and Marion Talley Silence Opera on Screen Chapter 3: Opera in Synch: Deanna Durbin and Musical Playback Chapter 4: The Disney Princess: Animation and Real Girls Chapter 5: Kate Smith: The Variety ""Femcee"" on Radio and Television Chapter 6: Susan Boyle: The Amateur in the Age of Auto-Tune Conclusion Bibliography"

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Mismatched Women sings with intelligence, originality, and depth. --Claudia Gorbman, co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aesthetics Fleeger complicates previous theories of the female voice, rethinking the 'match' between sound and body, technology and voice. Linking seemingly disparate singers and modes of performance - ranging from opera to animated film to radio and reality TV - Fleeger shows the way in which mismatched women challenge gender stereotypes and mechanisms of pity associated with having, or being, the wrong body. --Pamela Wojcik, Director of Gender Studies and Professor of Film at the University of Notre Dame


Author Information

Jennifer Fleeger is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College where she teaches courses in the film studies program. Her first book, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, also appears in Oxford's Music/Media Series.

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