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Acoustic Interculturalism: Listening to Performance (Studies in International Performance)
Marcus Cheng Chye Tan
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Description for Acoustic Interculturalism: Listening to Performance (Studies in International Performance)
Hardcover. Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound's performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing - an awareness of how sound shapes the intercultural experience. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound's performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing – an awareness of how sound shapes the intercultural experience.
Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound's performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing – an awareness of how sound shapes the intercultural experience.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Studies in International Performance
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230354166
SKU
V9780230354166
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Ref
99-15
About Marcus Cheng Chye Tan
MARCUS TAN has just completed his doctoral degree at Trinity College Dublin. He has published several essays on intercultural performance, music and Shakespeare, and the intermediality of film and computer games. He is also the winner of the Theatre and Performance Research Association's (TaPRA) postgraduate essay competition (2010).
Reviews for Acoustic Interculturalism: Listening to Performance (Studies in International Performance)
'Marcus Cheng Chye Tan's compelling book, Acoustic Interculturalism, is a necessary reminder that too often we hear but don't listen. Noting the general lack of attention to sound in theatre and performance studies, Tan advocates the merits of deep listening and a phenomenological approach to sound as a means of analyzing intercultural performance... a vital challenge to theatre and performance ... Read more