Music, Sensation, and Sensuality

Linda Phyllis Austern editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:3rd Apr '02

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Divided into three sections, Linda Phyllis Austern collects eighteen, cross-disciplinary essays written by some of the most important names in the field to look at this stimulating topic. The first section focuses on the cultural and scientific ways in which music and the sense of hearing work directly on the mind and body. Part Two investigates how music works on the socially constructed, representational or sexualized body as a means of healing, beautifying and maintaining a balance between the mental and physical. Finally, the book explores the action of music as it is heard and sensed by wider social units, such as the body politic, mass communication, from print to sound recording, and broadcast technologies.

"I highly recommend this fascinating book for its provision of and invitation for fresh ways in which to consider music and musicology." -- Linda Kouvaras, University of Melbourn, Notes

ISBN: 9780815334217

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Weight: 810g

360 pages