Research Catalog
Sirens
- Title
- Sirens / Michael Bull.
- Author
- Bull, Michael, 1952-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- viii, 135 pages : illustration; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "From the seductive danger of the Sirens in Greek myth to the protective / warning sounds of sirens in the 20th century, this book investigates the paradoxical and complex meaning of sirens in Western culture."--
- Series Statement
- The study of sound
- Uniform Title
- Study of sound.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [124]-131) and index.
- Contents
- Siren beginnings -- Sounding out the sirens -- Siren traces -- Prolegomea to the sirens -- Eclipsing the acousmatic : The story of the sirens? -- Sonic sleepwalkers : Siren myths from Homer, to Bach, to Nancy Sinatra -- Remembering the forgotten sounds of air-raid sirens : Charlie Hebdo to Dresden and beyond -- Urban sirens : 9/11, Dizzee Rascal and Varese -- Timing the sirens : Kurt Vonnegut meets Theodor Adorno -- Siren spaces : A different colonization? -- Hearing the sirens : A tale of sonic exclusivity? -- Sirens for the young : From Fénelon to Disney -- Kafka's sirens and the story of silencing -- Sonic aftermaths : Sirens and Stormy Daniels -- Sonic fallibility : Kittler's sirens -- Afterword : Let's sing another song boys. This one has grown old and bitter (Leonard Cohen) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-677
- ISBN
- 9781501305009
- 150130500X
- 9781501304996
- 1501304992
- LCCN
- 2019037301
- 40029813510
- OCLC
- 1114272329
- Author
- Bull, Michael, 1952- author.
- Title
- Sirens / Michael Bull.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The study of soundStudy of sound.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [124]-131) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Bull, Michael, Sirens 1. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 9781501305016 (DLC) 2019037302
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029813510
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-677