Abstrak
In this dissertation I examine the production of race through sound in general and vocal timbre in particular, and investigate how the construction of the black voice---against the backdrop of the normative white---in opera, spirituals, and popular music reflects deeply-held American ideas about race. Which processes have contributed to the racialized perception and reification of timbre? What are some of the social and political processes embedded in the cultural capital possessed by certain vocal timbres in specific cultural contexts and various historical periods?
Kata kunci
Music and race