Gavin S.K. Lee - Queer Ear
Music theory often dictates rationality, unity, unilinearity and teleology. A diverse group of music theorists show that queerness is integral to music-theoreti..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780197536773
Author: Gavin S.K. Lee
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Music Theory, Queer Culture, Sound Studies.
Jessica Bissett Perea - Sound Relations: Native Ways of doing Music History in Alaska
Delves into histories of Inuit musical life in Alaska and sound as integral to self-determination and sovereignty. From hip hop to Christian hymnody and traditi..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190869144
Author: Jessica Bissett Perea
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Decolonisation, Ethnomusicology, Inuit.
S. Alexander Reed - Laurie Anderson’s Big Science
Laurie Anderson pioneered new techniques in performance art, becoming its first superstar. Reed dives into the wonderfully strange making of Big Science from 19..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190926021
Author: S. Alexander Reed
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '80s, Avant-Garde Pop, Female Icons, History.
Kyle Devine, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier (Editors) - Audible Infrastructures
Takes us to the sawmills, mineshafts, power grids, junk piles peripheral to musical culture showing they are pivotal to what music is, how it works, and why it ..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190932640
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Culture Theory, Media Archaeology, Sound Studies.
Diana Deutsch - Musical Illusions and Phantom Words
How Music and Speech Unlock Mysteries of the Brain. The remarkable capabilities, quirkishness, surprising failures, in our perception of music and speech.
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190206833
Author: Diana Deutsch
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Fantasy, Psychology, Sonology, Sound Studies, Speech.
Jaimie Baron, Jennifer Fleeger, and Shannon Wong Lerner (Eds.) - Media Ventriloquism – How Audiovisual Technologies Transform the Voice-Body Relationship
Throwing a voice into an object that appears to speak; Ventriloquism reconsidered to reflect our complex vocal relationship with media technologies
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780197563632
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Media Theory, Sound Studies, Vocal Art.
You Nakai - Reminded By the Instruments: David Tudor’s Music
Engagingly written and a pleasant read, this extraordinary study offers fresh insights into Tudor’s reclusive personal life and elusive creative complexit..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190686765
Author: You Nakai
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Biography, Composers, Electronic, Sound Art, USA.
Svanibor Pettan and Jeff Todd Titon (Eds.) - De-Colonization, Heritage, and Advocacy
Discussing participatory action research, social justice, empowerment, and critical race theory in relation to ethnomusicology.
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190885731
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Decolonisation, Ethnomusicology.
Tony Russell - Rural Rhythm
In this groundbreaking book, music historian Tony Russell turns the spotlight on 78 original 78rpm discs of songs and tunes from the 1920s and 1930s.
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190091187
Author: Tony Russell
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Country Blues, Early 20th Century, Folk, History, Traditional, USA.
