Ringing the Chord: Sentimentality and Nostalgia among Male Singers

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 581-606

  Nash, Jeffrey Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

barbershop music; identities; masculinity; nostalgia; sentimentality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865990749     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241611429943     Document Type: Article

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