Acoustic Interculturalism [electronic resource] : Listening to Performance /
Tan, Marcus Cheng Chye.author.
Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound's performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing – an awareness of how sound shapes the intercultural experience.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the intercultural topography and an acoustic interculturalism -- The performativity of sound and the soundscapes of culture -- Acoustic mimesis: ethical cadence and sonic violence in Tambours Sur La Digue -- (Echo)locating other-Shakespeares: an aesthetics of pop & the ear of the other -- Listening in/to Asia: Ong Keng Sen's Desdemona and the polyphonies of Asia -- "If music be the food of love": "fourth world" universals in Ong Keng Sen's Awaking -- Conclusion: after authenticity: naming the intercultural.
Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound's performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing – an awareness of how sound shapes the intercultural experience.
Performing arts.
Music.
Theater.
Performing Arts.
Music.
Theatre and Performance Studies.