Acoustic Interculturalism

Listening to Performance
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-35416-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Studies in International Performance

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tan, Marcus Cheng Chye

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Intercultural Topography and an Acoustic Interculturalism The Performativity of Sound and the Soundscapes of Culture Acoustic Mimesis: Ethical Cadence and Sonic Violence in Tambours Sur La Digue (Echo)Locating Other-Shakespeares: An Aesthetics of Pop & the Ear of the Other Listening In/To Asia: Ong Keng Sen's Desdemona and the Polyphonies of Asia 'If Music Be The Food Of Love': Conclusion: After Authenticity: Naming the Intercultural Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

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).