Ringing the Chord

Sentimentality and Nostalgia among Male Singers

Bibliographic Data

ID2365366
AuthorsJeffrey Eugene Nash (0000-0002-6412-7209, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume41
Issue5
Pages581-606
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0891241611429943
OpenAlexW2163862826
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited51

Singing in barbershop choruses and quartets evokes sentimentality and nostalgia as a means of interpreting the present and establishing an identity as a barbershop singer. In choruses devoted to the preservation of a highly stylized form of singing, a gendered social context shapes the acquisition of identities in the development of relationships. An analysis of the barbershop experience reveals that men, particularly those with common backgrounds, are routinely involved in expressing deep emotions through ritualized means, allowing them to maintain a version of traditional masculine identity

Acoustics · Aesthetics · Art · Chord (peer-to-peer · Context (archaeology · Filter (signal processing · Identity (music · Political science · Politics · Ringing · Sentimentality · Singing · Sociology · Stalemate · Stylized fact · Communication · Computer Science · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Music History and Culture · Psychology