Dissonant records : close listening to literary archives / Tanya E. Clement.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clement, Tanya Elizabeth, author.

Series:

Media Origins Series

Media origins

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurston, Zora Neale--Archives.

Hurston, Zora Neale.

Ellison, Ralph--Archives.

Ellison, Ralph.

Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974--Archives.

Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974.

Anzaldúa, Gloria--Archives.

Anzaldúa, Gloria.

Literature--Archival resources.

Literature.

Sound archives--Social aspects.

Sound archives.

Literature--Research.

Listening--Social aspects.

Listening.

Intermediality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge The MIT Press 2024

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2024.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Disonant Records is an intermedia genealogy that considers the social and technical contexts of archival recordings, and the role silence plays in history as a conduit of dissonance or resistance within and beyond established academic, government, and cultural heritage institutions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Records and Resonance in the Archives

Amplify : Close Listening to Silencing and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Distortion : Authority, Authenticity, and Agency in Recordings of Zora Neale Hurston's Black Folk

Interference : Silence and the Ideal Listener in Ralph Ellison's American Novel

Compression : Self-Expression and the Entelechy of Finitude in Anne Sexton's Poem 'For the Year of the Insane'

Reception : Conocimiento in Gloria Anzaldúa's Spirituality Recordings

Coda. Distant Listening and Resonance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-262-37922-8

0-262-37923-6