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Beyond Unwanted Sound : Noise, Affect and Aesthetic Moralism by Marie Thompson (2017, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101501313304

ISBN-139781501313301

eBay Product ID (ePID)229436631

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBeyond Unwanted Sound : Noise, Affect and Aesthetic Moralism

Publication Year2017

SubjectHistory & Criticism, Aesthetics, Acoustics & Sound

TypeTextbook

AuthorMarie Thompson

Subject AreaMusic, Philosophy, Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-034473

Dewey Edition23

Reviews[An] excellent book. I learnt a lot from reading it, and I think it is the clearest book to date (to my knowledge) that demonstrates the effectiveness of applying affect theory critiques and understandings to sound studies. I would enthusiastically recommend it to anyone wanting to get their head around exactly what is affect theory., Beyond Unwanted Sound establishes Marie Thompson is one of the most exciting scholars of sound, noise and music. Theoretically adventurous, this book weaves together thinkers as disparate as Michel Serres, Murray Schafer and Claude Shannon, building a strong theoretical edifice for the closely-observed case studies which follow. Thompson's analysis of the creative work of Throbbing Gristle, Christian Barclay, Diamanda Galas and dozens of others make this a rich survey of the ways in which sound, noise and music disrupt situations, assert identities and invite moral judgments.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal155.9115

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Noise - A Useless Concept? Chapter 1: What Noise Has Been: Subject-Oriented and Object-Oriented Definitions Chapter 2: What Does Noise Do? Chapter 3: The Parasite and its Milieu Chapter 4: From Negativity to Affectivity: Thinking of Noise as Affect Chapter 5: Acoustic Ecology, Aesthetic Moralism and the Politics of Silence Chapter 6: Exposure, Sensation and the Transgressive Poetics of Noise Music Conclusion: Broadening the Spectrum Bibliography Index

SynopsisNoise is so often a 'stench in the ear' - an unpleasant disturbance or an unwelcome distraction. But there is much more to noise than what greets the ear as unwanted sound. Beyond Unwanted Sound is about noise and how we talk about it. Weaving together affect theory with cybernetics, media histories, acoustic ecology, geo-politics, sonic art practices and a range of noises, Marie Thompson critiques both the conservative politics of silence and transgressive poetics of noise music, each of which position noise as a negative phenomenon. Beyond Unwanted Sound instead aims to account for a broader spectrum of noise, ranging from the exceptional to the banal; the overwhelming to the inaudible; and the destructive to the generative. What connects these various and variable manifestations of noise is not negativity but affectivity. Building on the Spinozist assertion that to exist is to be affected, Beyond Unwanted Sound asserts that to exist is to be affected by noise.

LC Classification NumberBF353.5.N65T46 2017