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Acoustic Interculturalism Listening to Performance
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Acoustic Interculturalism Listening to Performance

Tan, Marcus Cheng Chye
ISBN-10: 0230354165
ISBN-13: 9780230354166

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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.
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List of Figures
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: the Topography of 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 and 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': 'Fourth World' Universals in Ong Keng Sen's Awaking
Conclusion: After Authenticity: Naming the Intercultural
Notes
References
Index

Edition: 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Binding: Trade Cloth
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.10 lbs.
Language: English

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