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in Search of A Voice

Author : Casey M.K. Lum
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136490302
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book in Search of A Voice written by Casey M.K. Lum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating in Japan early in the 1970s as a simple sing-along technology, karaoke has become a hybrid media form designed to integrate mass-mediated popular music, video images, computer graphics, and the live musical performance of its human users. Not only has karaoke become a multimillion-dollar entertainment industry, its varied uses have also evolved into diverse popular cultural and social practices among many people around the world. Based on a two-year ethnographic study, this book offers a penetrating analysis of how karaoke is used in the expression, maintenance, and (re)construction of social identity as part of the Chinese American experience. It also explores the theoretical implications of interaction between the media audience and karaoke as both an electronic communication technology and a cultural practice. This book analyzes the social origins of karaoke and the dramaturgical characteristics of karaoke events, and explains how various musical genres are reframed as karaoke music. It also visits the numerous karaoke scenes in their natural context -- the sites of the actual consumption of media products, such as expensive private homes and fancy hotel ballrooms in the affluent suburbs of New Jersey, working-class restaurants and nightclubs in the multiethnic neighborhoods in Flushing, Queens, and Cantonese opera music clubs in New York's Chinatown. Finally, the book offers an intimate analysis of how karaoke has been adopted by several interpretive communities of first-generation Chinese immigrants not only as popular entertainment but also as a means to help (re)define their social identity and way of life.

In Search of a Distant Voice

Author : Taichi Yamada
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571229727
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book In Search of a Distant Voice written by Taichi Yamada and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2007 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman is trying to contact Kasama Tsuneo at a crisis point in his life. But she won't reveal her identity. Kasama is an immigration officer in Tokyo, struggling to live a 'normal' life after an event that happened eight years previously, when he lived in the USA. His arranged marriage is looming, and he's seized by a strange emotional fit. And then the disembodied voice begins. All Tsuneo can do is desperately chase this woman, and the mystery behind what happened eight years earlier over the sea.

The Voice Book

Author : Michael McCallion
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135861986
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The Voice Book written by Michael McCallion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical manual for voice users of all kinds, The Voice Book is written by one of the world's leading voice teachers. Michael McCallion has spent over 35 years training various professionals, from performers to auctioneers, how to use their voice. Used throughout the world in actor training and as suggested reading for lawyers, the earlier edition of The Voice Book became the classic work on using one's voice. It has now been revised to make use of the feedback from numerous readers of the earlier edition. Clearly written and easy to use, McCallion covers everything from Body Use and Breathing, to Tuning and Voice Energy. Whether you are a professional or amateur actor, a classical or popular singer, a teacher, or need to present for business, The Voice Book will help you discover how to use your voice freely, powerfully and with pleasure.

In Search of a Voice

Author : Madhurita Choudhary
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9788176256490
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book In Search of a Voice written by Madhurita Choudhary and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Finding Your Voice

Author : Barbara Houseman
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780878301676
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Finding Your Voice written by Barbara Houseman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding your voice can be used as a resource by actors at all levels, form students and young professionals to established and experienced actors. Drama teachers in schools and committed amateur actors who want to increase their vocal skills and understanding will also find it invaluable.

The Voice Book

Author : Kate DeVore
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569763062
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book The Voice Book written by Kate DeVore and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to save careers one voice at a time through scientifically proven methods and advice, this resource teaches people how to protect and improve one of their most valuable assets: their speaking voice. Simple explanations of vocal anatomy and up-to-date instruction for vocal injury prevention are accompanied by illustrations, photographs, and FAQs. An audio CD of easy-to-follow vocal-strengthening exercises--including Hum and Chew, Puppy Dog Whimper, Sirens, Lip Trills, and Tongue Twisters--is also included, along with information on breathing basics, vocal-cord vibration, and working with students who have medical complications such as asthma, acid reflux, or anxiety.

The Voice

Author : Sandi Patty
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0310352355
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Voice written by Sandi Patty and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian music icon and forty-time Dove award winner Sandi Patty has long astounded listeners with her powerful voice. And yet, off the stage, Sandi struggled to have a voice at all. Journey with Sandi and discover the tools you need to listen for God's voice and find your voice along the way. With a history of sexual abuse, infidelity, divorce, and crises of self-image, Sandi lived much of her life feeling unworthy of love or value. Like so many of us, she coped by living through the voices of others, allowing other people to prescribe her identity. As she performed around the world, Sandi met others just like her who hid their wounds behind quiet smiles and struggled to live with fractured identities. Through deeply intimate stories of her life and the empowering spiritual truths she's learned, Sandi offers readers wisdom to navigate the journey from voicelessness to discovering the voice God has given you, teaching you to: Embrace your true self Share your story Become the person God created you to be Sandi's warm and invitational writing will draw you to the voice of the God who sings over your life, saying you are seen, you are loved, and your voice is worth hearing. With timeless wisdom, The Voice will help you uncover your God-given identity and a voice of your very own. Praise for The Voice: "I've known Sandi for more than a quarter of a century. I'm one of the millions who have been blessed by her voice and touched by her words of wisdom. Her story is one of grace, hope, and second chances. May it impact all who read it." --Max Lucado, pastor and New York Times bestselling author "My favorite kind of spiritual leader is the one who tells the truth and gives others permission to tell the truth. I don't need shiny, polished, or tidy. I need genuine. Sandi, my dear friend, whom I love wholeheartedly, has given us this and more in The Voice." --Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author

The Voice Book for Trans and Non-Binary People

Author : Matthew Mills
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784503940
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book The Voice Book for Trans and Non-Binary People written by Matthew Mills and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two specialist speech and language therapists, this book explains how voice and communication therapy can help transgender and non-binary people to find their authentic voice. It gives a thorough account of the process, from understanding the vocal mechanism through to assimilating new vocal skills and new vocal identity into everyday situations, and includes exercises to change pitch, resonance and intonation. Each chapter features insider accounts from trans and gender diverse individuals who have explored or are exploring voice and communication related to their gender expression, describing key aspects of their experience of creating and maintaining a voice that feels true to them. This guide is an essential, comprehensive source for trans and non-binary individuals who are interested in working towards achieving a different, more authentic voice, and will be a valuable resource for speech and language therapists/pathologists, voice coaches and healthcare professionals.

This Is the Voice

Author : John Colapinto
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982128747
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book This Is the Voice written by John Colapinto and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling writer explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture, and each one of us. Finally, a vital topic that has never had its own book gets its due. There’s no shortage of books about public speaking or language or song. But until now, there has been no book about the miracle that underlies them all—the human voice itself. And there are few writers who could take on this surprisingly vast topic with more artistry and expertise than John Colapinto. Beginning with the novel—and compelling—argument that our ability to speak is what made us the planet’s dominant species, he guides us from the voice’s beginnings in lungfish millions of years ago to its culmination in the talent of Pavoratti, Martin Luther King Jr., and Beyoncé—and each of us, every day. Along the way, he shows us why the voice is the most efficient, effective means of communication ever devised: it works in all directions, in all weathers, even in the dark, and it can be calibrated to reach one other person or thousands. He reveals why speech is the single most complex and intricate activity humans can perform. He travels up the Amazon to meet the Piraha, a reclusive tribe whose singular language, more musical than any other, can help us hear how melodic principles underpin every word we utter. He heads up to Harvard to see how professional voices are helped and healed, and he ventures out on the campaign trail to see how demagogues wield their voices as weapons. As far-reaching as this book is, much of the delight of reading it lies in how intimate it feels. Everything Colapinto tells us can be tested by our own lungs and mouths and ears and brains. He shows us that, for those who pay attention, the voice is an eloquent means of communicating not only what the speaker means, but also their mood, sexual preference, age, income, even psychological and physical illness. It overstates the case only slightly to say that anyone who talks, or sings, or listens will find a rich trove of thrills in This Is the Voice.

Full Voice

Author : Barbara McAfee
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1605099228
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Full Voice written by Barbara McAfee and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vocal expression is a part of nearly everyone's workday, yet most of us are unaware of how much influence our voice exerts over our effectiveness. McAfee's work shows how we can deliberately marshal the power of our voices to support our intentions, aspirations, and relationships.

A Voice and Nothing More

Author : Mladen Dolar
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262260603
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book A Voice and Nothing More written by Mladen Dolar and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2006-02-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new, philosophically grounded theory of the voice—the voice as the lever of thought, as one of the paramount embodiments of the psychoanalytic object. Plutarch tells the story of a man who plucked a nightingale and finding but little to eat exclaimed: "You are just a voice and nothing more." Plucking the feathers of meaning that cover the voice, dismantling the body from which the voice seems to emanate, resisting the Sirens' song of fascination with the voice, concentrating on "the voice and nothing more": this is the difficult task that philosopher Mladen Dolar relentlessly pursues in this seminal work. The voice did not figure as a major philosophical topic until the 1960s, when Derrida and Lacan separately proposed it as a central theoretical concern. In A Voice and Nothing More Dolar goes beyond Derrida's idea of "phonocentrism" and revives and develops Lacan's claim that the voice is one of the paramount embodiments of the psychoanalytic object (objet a). Dolar proposes that, apart from the two commonly understood uses of the voice as a vehicle of meaning and as a source of aesthetic admiration, there is a third level of understanding: the voice as an object that can be seen as the lever of thought. He investigates the object voice on a number of different levels—the linguistics of the voice, the metaphysics of the voice, the ethics of the voice (with the voice of conscience), the paradoxical relation between the voice and the body, the politics of the voice—and he scrutinizes the uses of the voice in Freud and Kafka. With this foundational work, Dolar gives us a philosophically grounded theory of the voice as a Lacanian object-cause.

I See a Voice

Author : Jonathan Rée
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805062548
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book I See a Voice written by Jonathan Rée and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-11-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But these debates, as Ree shows in illuminating detail, were distorted by systematic misunderstandings of the nature of language and the five senses. Ree traces the botched attempts to make language visible, and he charts the tortuous progress and final recognition of sign systems as natural languages in their own right."--BOOK JACKET.

The Voice of Witness Reader

Author : Dave Eggers
Publisher : McSweeney's
ISBN 13 : 1940450837
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Voice of Witness Reader written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten years, Voice of Witness has illuminated contemporary human rights crises through its remarkable oral history book series. Founded by Dave Eggers, Lola Vollen and Mimi Lok, Voice of Witness has amplified the stories of hundreds of people impacted by some of the most crucial human rights crises of our time, including men and women living under oppressive regimes in Burma, Colombia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe; public housing residents and undocumented workers in the United States; and exploited workers around the globe. This selection of narratives from these remarkable men and women is many things: an astonishing record of human rights issues in the 21st century; a testament to the resilience and courage of the most marginalized among us; and an opportunity to better the understand the world we live in through human connection and a participatory vision of history.

The Voice of Sheila Chandra

Author : Kazim Ali
Publisher : Alice James Books
ISBN 13 : 1948579685
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book The Voice of Sheila Chandra written by Kazim Ali and published by Alice James Books. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Titled for the influential singer left almost voiceless by a terrible syndrome, the poems bring sweet melodies and rhythms as the voices blend and become multitudinous. There’s an honoring of not only survival, but of persistence, as this part research-based, pensive collection contemplates what it takes to move forward when the unimaginable holds you back.

Profiling Humans from their Voice

Author : Rita Singh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811384037
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Profiling Humans from their Voice written by Rita Singh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about recent research in the area of profiling humans from their voice, which seeks to deduce and describe the speaker's entire persona and their surroundings from voice alone. It covers several key aspects of this technology, describing how the human voice is unique in its ability to both capture and influence the human persona -- how, in some ways, voice is more potent and valuable then DNA and fingerprints as a metric, since it not only carries information about the speaker, but also about their current state and their surroundings at the time of speaking. It provides a comprehensive review of advances made in multiple scientific fields that now contribute to its foundations. It describes how artificial intelligence enables mechanisms of discovery that were not possible before in this context, driving the field forward in unprecedented ways. It also touches upon related and relevant challenges posed by voice disguise and other mechanisms of voice manipulation. The book acts as a good resource for academic researchers, and for professional agencies in many areas such as law enforcement, healthcare, social services, entertainment etc.

The Voice Exercise Book

Author : Jeannette Nelson
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848426542
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book The Voice Exercise Book written by Jeannette Nelson and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Head of Voice at the National Theatre shares the voice exercises she uses with many of Britain's leading actors.

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?

Author : Chris Barton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481465627
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? written by Chris Barton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When Barbara Jordan talked, we listened.” —Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton Congresswoman Barbara Jordan had a big, bold, confident voice—and she knew how to use it! Learn all about her amazing career in this illuminating and inspiring picture book biography of the lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights leader. Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. It was a voice that made people sit up, stand up, and take notice. So what do you do with a voice like that? Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice. New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton and Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes deliver a remarkable picture book biography about a woman whose struggles and mission continue to inspire today.