the 2007 edition of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) journal, editor Mandy Rees brings together more than fifty cutting edge articles on a broad range of current issues in the field. Voice and Gender explores the relationship between vocal expression and gender identity and the norms associated with gendered roles. In the realm of theatre, men are often called upon to play feminine characters (such as Romeo) while women are called upon to play more masculine characters (such as Lady MacBeth). The text questions gender norms and examines how they may inhibit our range of expression. An emphasis is placed on how the performer and instructor might overcome these barriers in taking on a role outside of their own gender identity. Gender remains one of the most misunderstood and divisive facets of human nature. Voice and Gender challenges readers to reexamine the way they hear, perceive, and express the concept of gender and sexual identity within their performance as well as in their own lives. Articles are grouped into the following categories: . Pedagogy and coaching . Vocal Production, Voice Related Movement Studies . Ethics, Standards and Practices . Heightened Text, Verse and Scansion . Private Studio Practice . Voice and Speech Science, Vocal Health . Pronunciation, Phonetics, Linguistics, Dialect/Accent Studies . Singing The book also contains editorials, memorials, letters to the editor, articles, website and book reviews, and selected thesis and dissertation abstracts.

Voice and Gender: Essays on Voice and Speech

VASTA

University Readers

<p>Standard Speech is an anthology of essays from VASTA (the Voice and Speech Trainers Association) on a variety of topics of interest to actors voice and speech teachers. Exploring the idea of what should be the standards for good speech this volume offers views from more than 40 top experts on the subject. Also essays on Coaching Singing Vocal Health Verse and Dialect Accent studies. A must for the serious student of voice and speech.</p>

Standard Speech: Essays on Voice and Speech (Applause Books)

Arts & Photography

Vera, Rocco Dal

Music

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books

<p>This collection from The Voice and Speech Trainers Association focuses on the voice in stage violence addressing such questions as: Û How does one scream safely? Û What are the best ways to orchestrate voices in complex battle scenes? Û How to voice coaches work collaboratively with fight directors and the rest of the creative team? Û What techniques are used to re-voice violent stunt scenes on film? Û How accurate are actor presentations of extreme emotion? Û What is missing from many portrayals of domestic violence? Written by leading theatre voice and speech coaches the volume contains 63 articles essays interviews and reviews covering a wide variety of professional concerns.</p>

The Voice in Violence (Applause Books)

Humor & Entertainment

The purpose of this series is to provide comprehensive reviews of diverse topics in child development for nonspecialist professionals. Tiffany Field's chapter discusses mounting evidence that newborns experience pain and the implications of which is related to neonatal medical practices. Robert McCall and Clay Mash review the recent work on infant intelligence and consider several processes that may bridge the gap with later intellectual development. Russell Isabella follows with a review of the infant-caregiver attachment literature, arguing that an organizational perspective offers the best conceptualization for explaining how interactional processes guide the development of this social phenomenon. Judith Smetana's chapter on moral development emphasizes its cognitive basis and focuses on children's ability to distinguish morality from other social knowledge and concepts. Stacey Lutz and Diane Ruble take a contrasting approach to gender-role development, examining the origins and ramification of gender prejudice in Western culture.  Mark Cummins and Patrick Davies take up the topic of parental influence on children's development with a focus on the role of emotion and a call for a more encompassing emotional security perspective.

Annals of Child Development: Volume 10

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

The purpose of this series is to provide comprehensive reviews of diverse topics in child development for non-specialist professionals. In the opening chapter, Trehub and Schellenberg examine the relevance of music to infants, exploring music created expressively for infants (e.g., lullabies and play songs) and its impact on the child listeners. Patricia Bauer provides a detailed examination of long-term recall in infancy and early childhood, describing how conceptual and methodological developments have advanced our understanding of this important topic. In the third chapter, Brody and Stoneman discuss the major issues guiding research on the quality of sibling relationships in middle childhood. Marie Tisak discusses the research inspired by Turiel's domain model of social development, considering not only its relevance to morality, but also to other social cognitive systems.  Steinberg and Cauffman offer a thorough and cogent account of the impact of adolescent schoolyear employment by focusing principally on the negative effects that spending many hours in the labour force on the school performance; vocational development and the psychologica1 adjustment of contemporary American youth. In the final chapter, Louis Gariepy presents a provocative theoretical treatise on the historical evolution of our discipline and offers a new and intriguing systemic model ofdevelopment.

Annals of Child Development: Volume 11