The attribution of gendered meanings in Chinese musical instruments

• Main Author: Ang, Ying Xuan
• Other Authors: Patrick Williams
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66164
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research has shown that there is significant gendered associations of Western musical instruments in young children or students in Western schools. This paper thus attempts to understand how musicians attribute gendered meanings to musical instruments with a focus on Chinese traditional instruments...