Dark sound : feminine voices in sonic shadow / D Ferrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferrett, D, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music by women composers--20th century--History and criticism.

Music by women composers.

Women in music.

Sex role in music.

Desire in music.

Death in music.

Violence in music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"This book examines the concept of 'dark sound', a strand of contemporary music that links the ideas of death, desire and violence with women's and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Cosmologies of dark feminine soundings

Rewiring love-sick text and listening for the presence of the dark lady

At the frozen borderline of a music lover's discourse : The dark white voice

Open to the demonic : A sonic articulation of desire

The black hole song of unsounding mothers

Becoming-shadow thing, becoming-witch : Chelsea Wolfe's heavy mourning dirge

Abject virtuosa, darkened virtuosity : Diamanda Galás and swarms of power

Conclusion. Of the refrain : Is the future dark?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501325823

1501325825

9781501325816

1501325817

OCLC:

1144892893