The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages.
Licia Fiol-Matta's book bridges psychoanalytic approaches to sound, a detailed listening to vocal performances (pitch, arrangements, silences, vocalization, range), and a particularly feminist archival acumen. In this way, she points to instances in which the thinking voice of these great women...
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| description | Licia Fiol-Matta's book bridges psychoanalytic approaches to sound, a detailed listening to vocal performances (pitch, arrangements, silences, vocalization, range), and a particularly feminist archival acumen. In this way, she points to instances in which the thinking voice of these great women singer lures, appears and pushes their audience to think. The thinking voice sometimes hides a deep sense of psychoanalytic "nothingness", nada. By repositioning their stories and their voices, this unique and original contribution by Licia Fiol-Matta is itself a thinking voice that will surely resonate across fields.
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc68717138974522a990ea36812d6c502023-10-19T14:48:08ZengLatin American Research CommonsLatin American Literary Review2330-135X2022-09-01459010.26824/lalr.95The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages. Ana Cecilia Calle-Poveda0The University of Texas at AustinLicia Fiol-Matta's book bridges psychoanalytic approaches to sound, a detailed listening to vocal performances (pitch, arrangements, silences, vocalization, range), and a particularly feminist archival acumen. In this way, she points to instances in which the thinking voice of these great women singer lures, appears and pushes their audience to think. The thinking voice sometimes hides a deep sense of psychoanalytic "nothingness", nada. By repositioning their stories and their voices, this unique and original contribution by Licia Fiol-Matta is itself a thinking voice that will surely resonate across fields. https://account.lalrp.net/index.php/lasa-j-lalr/article/view/95Licia Fiol-MattaThe Great Woman SingerFeminismVoiceSound StudiesPerformance Studies |
| spellingShingle | Ana Cecilia Calle-Poveda The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages. Latin American Literary Review Licia Fiol-Matta The Great Woman Singer Feminism Voice Sound Studies Performance Studies |
| title | The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages. |
| title_full | The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages. |
| title_fullStr | The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages. |
| title_short | The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Music in Puerto Rican Music. By Licia Fiol-Matta. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 291 pages. |
| title_sort | great woman singer gender and music in puerto rican music by licia fiol matta durham and london duke university press 2017 291 pages |
| topic | Licia Fiol-Matta The Great Woman Singer Feminism Voice Sound Studies Performance Studies |
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