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Econophonia: Music, Value, and Forms of Life
Gavin Steingo
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Description for Econophonia: Music, Value, and Forms of Life
Paperback. "Boundary 2, an international journal of literature and culture, volume 43, number 1, February 2016." -- Cover. Editor(s): Moreno, Jairo. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AV; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
This issue theorizes what questions of value might contribute to our understanding of sound and music. Divesting sound and music from notions of intrinsic value, the contributors follow various avenues through which sound and music produce value in and as history, politics, ethics, epistemology, and ontology. As a result, the very question of what sound and music are-what constitutes them, as well as what they constitute-is at stake. Contributors examine the politics of music and crowds, the metaphysics of sensation, the ecological turn in music studies, and the political resistance inherent to sound; connect Karl Marx to black music and ... Read more
This issue theorizes what questions of value might contribute to our understanding of sound and music. Divesting sound and music from notions of intrinsic value, the contributors follow various avenues through which sound and music produce value in and as history, politics, ethics, epistemology, and ontology. As a result, the very question of what sound and music are-what constitutes them, as well as what they constitute-is at stake. Contributors examine the politics of music and crowds, the metaphysics of sensation, the ecological turn in music studies, and the political resistance inherent to sound; connect Karl Marx to black music and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
339g
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822368397
SKU
V9780822368397
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About Gavin Steingo
Gavin Steingo is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh. Jairo Moreno is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Musical Representations, Subjects, and Objects: The Construction of Musical Thought in Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber.
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