Listening to the Bones: A Meditation on Torch Singer and Ghost Stories

Stacy Holman Jones

Listening to the Bones: A Meditation on Torch Singer and Ghost Stories

Critical Theatre Performance

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review

Abstract

This chapter considers how stories about torch singers and torch singing might be be used to counter liners and simple constructions of women singer's identity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Green Window
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Giant City Conference on Performative Writing
Editors	Lynn C. Miller, Ronald J. Pelias
Place of Publication	Illinois USA
Publisher	Southern Illinois University Press
Pages	8-18
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

performative writing
torch singers
torch singing
haunting
autoethnography
performance studies

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Listening to the Bones: A Meditation on Torch Singer and Ghost Stories. / Holman Jones, Stacy.
The Green Window: Proceedings of the Giant City Conference on Performative Writing. ed. / Lynn C. Miller; Ronald J. Pelias. Illinois USA: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001. p. 8-18.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review

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