Music and death : interdisciplinary readings and perspectives / edited by Marie Josephine Bennett (University of Winchester, UK) and David Gracon (Gonzaga University, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bennett, Marie Josephine, editor.

Gracon, David, editor.

Series:

Emerald interdisciplinary connexions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral music.

Loss (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 121 pages).

Other Title:

Music & death : interdisciplinary readings & perspectives

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

Music is often our companion when dealing with the incomprehensibility of loss. This edited collection speaks to the multifarious and complex ways in which music accompanies, supplements, and complements aspects of death and dying, whether this is the death of a loved one, or a celebrity from popular culture.

Contents:

Prelims

Introduction: Exploring Connections between Music and Death

Section One: Music and Mourning

Chapter 1: Funeral Music between Heaven and Earth

Chapter 2: On the Funeral and Bereavement Rituals Depicted in Folk Songs: The Folk Requiem by Adam Strug and Kwadrofonik

Chapter 3: The Posthumous Nephew: An Auto-Ethnographic Exploration of Belated Mourning and Fresh Divinations

Section Two: Underground Scenes, Alternative Music and Transformation

Chapter 4: Youre Nothing: Punk and Death

Chapter 5: Healing the Mother Wound: Metal Performance and Grief Management

Chapter 6: Bienvenue au Canada: The Nonlanguage of Music and Dreams

Section Three: Performing Death

Chapter 7: The Vision of Death: Time and Temporality

Chapter 8: Music and Embodied Movement: Representations of Risk and Death in Contemporary Circus

Chapter 9: Mercurys Message to Go On with the Show

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781838679453

1838679456

9781838679477

1838679472