The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume III : Wellbeing.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface: Singing - The Challenge of Interdisciplinarity -- Note about Ancillary Website -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Singing and Wellbeing - Harnessing the Power of Singing -- PART I: Singing and Health -- 1. A Logic Model for the Effects of Singing on Health: Introduction to Part I -- 2. Singing and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse: Evidence from Recent Research -- 3. The Potential of the Human Voice for Early Parent-Infant Interactions in At-Risk Populations -- 4. Singing and Stuttering -- 5. Singing for Health and Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders -- 6. Singing for Cancer: Implications from Psychoneuroimmunology -- 7. Singing for Lung Health -- 8. Singing for Rehabilitation: Efficacy of Singing-Based Interventions in Major Ageing-Related Neurological Disorders -- 9. The Impact of Singing on Human Communication in Aging: From Protection to Rehabilitation -- 10. Singing and Parkinson's Disease -- 11. Singing as an Evolved Behavior for Social Bonding: The Ice-Breaker Effect, Beta-Endorphins, and Groups of More than 150 People -- 12. Effects of Singing on Social Support and Wellbeing among Marginalized Communities -- 13. Group Singing in Prison: Discovering and Developing Best Possible Self -- 14. Singing in Palliative Care, Oncology, and Bereavement Music Therapy -- PART II: Singing and Cultural Understanding -- 15. Singing, Cultural Understanding, and Wellbeing: Cross-Cultural Research Approaches - Introduction to Part II -- 16. Reducing Prejudices through Cross-Cultural Music Education Programs that Include Singing -- 17. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Researching Children's Singing and Cultural Understanding.

18. Exploring Strategies of Promoting the Singing of Multicultural Songs in Primary School Education in Kenya -- 19. The Effects of Using Audiovisual Materials to Support Multicultural Song-Learning in Two Brazilian Schools -- 20. Exploring the Impact of a Culture Bearer on Intercultural Understanding within a Community Choir -- 21. Development of Multicultural Choirs on College Campuses: Theory and Practice -- 22. Fun and Formality in Two Multicultural University Choirs/Song Circles in Atlantic Canada -- 23. Studying Singing Storytellers in Cape Breton: Community-Engaged Research-Creation as a Methodology -- 24. Building Bridges Between Self and Others: A Suggestion for Music Education through Greek Singing -- 25. Breathless: Singing and Social Justice in a Time Without Air -- 26. Choral Singing in Australian Indigenous Christian Contexts and its Implications for Intergenerational Wellbeing -- PART III: Singing and Intergenerational Understanding -- 27. Intergenerational Singing and Wellbeing: Introduction to Part III -- 28. Songs of Gender and Generation: Ethnographic Perspectives on Initiation Songs and Wellbeing in Southern Africa -- 29. Connecting Intergenerational Voices: Curricula to Foster the Wellbeing of Young Children and Elders -- 30. Singing and Elders: Toward a Life Experience Approach -- 31. Singing My Way Back to You: Mapping the Learning Journey of Persons with Dementia through Singing in an Intergenerational Choir -- 32. Nurturing Voices in Intergenerational Choral Programs: The Singing Voice as Voice of Agency -- 33. Multigenerational Singing in a Francophone Minority Setting -- Conclusion: Singing and Wellbeing - From Research to Advocacy -- Index.

The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume III: Wellbeing explores the connections between singing and health, promoting the power of singing--in public policy and in practice--in confronting health challenges across the lifespan.

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