Music and the Politics of Negation
Over the past quarter century, music studies in the academy have theirpostmodern credentials by insisting that our scholarly engagements start and end byplacing music firmly within its various historical and social contexts. In Music andthe Politics of Negation, James R. Currie sets out to disturb the validity of thisnow quite orthodox claim. Alternating dialectically between analytic and historicalinvestigations into the late 18th century and the present, he poses a set ofuncomfortable questions regarding the limits and complicities of the values that theacademy keeps in circulation by means of its musical encounters. His overridingthesis is…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-35703-8
- EAN: 9780253357038
- Produktnummer: 15515835
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B16.9 cm x D2.3 cm 518 g
- Abbildungen: 21 music exx.
- Gewicht: 518
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
James Currie is Associate Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo (State University of New York). In addition to his academic work he is also active as a performance artist and poet.
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