Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 249 g
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 249 g
ISBN: 978-0-472-05325-4
Verlag: University of Michigan Press
Just Vibrations: The Purpose of Sounding Good calls for a time-out inour serious games of critical exchange. Charting the divergent paths ofparanoid and reparative affects through illness narratives, academicwork, queer life, noise pollution, sonic torture, and other touchy subjects,William Cheng exposes a host of stubborn norms in our daily orientationstoward scholarship, self, and sound. How we choose to think aboutthe perpetration and tolerance of critical and acoustic offenses mayultimately lead us down avenues of ethical ruin—or, if we choose, repair.With recourse to experimental rhetoric, interdisciplinary discretion,and the playful wisdoms of childhood, Cheng contends that reparativeattitudes toward music and musicology can serve as barometers of betterworlds.