Sirens
"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"--
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- Full title :Sirens / Michael Bull.
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"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"--
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- Publication Date:©2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 136 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781501305023, 1501305026, 1501305018, 9781501305016
- oclc:on1117311859
- LC Classification:BL820.S5
- Dewey Decimal:398/.45
Table of Contents
Siren Beginnings -- Sounding Out the Sirens -- Siren Traces 1. Prolegomena to the Sirens -- 2. Eclipsing the Acousmatic : The Story of the Sirens -- 3. Sonic Sleepwalkers : Sirens Myths from Homer, to Bach, to Nancy Sinatra -- 4. Remembering the Forgotten Sounds of Air-Raid Sirens : Charlie Hebdo to Dresden and Beyond -- 5. Urban Sirens : 9/11, Dizzee Rascal and Varese -- 6. Timing the Sirens : Kurt Vonnegut Meets Theodor Adorno -- 7. Siren Spaces : A Different Colonization? -- 8. Hearing the Sirens : A Tale of Sonic Exclusivity? -- 9. Sirens for the Young : From Fénelon to Disney -- 10. Kafka's Sirens and the Story of Silencing -- 11. Sonic Aftermaths : Sirens and Stormy Daniels --12. Sonic Fallibility : Kittler's Sirens -- Afterword : Let's Sing Another Song Boys. This One Has Grown Old and Bitter (Leonard Cohen).
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