From the Erotic to the Demonic
Subtitle: On Critical Musicology
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 11, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780195151961
First sentence: THIS CHAPTER EXAMINES SOME of the conventions involved in representing the erotic in music and reveals the ideological character of these conventions.
Description: This text should prove useful as a model for musicologists who want to take a postmodern approach to their inquiries. It demonstrates how different musical styles construct ideas of class, sexuality, and ethnic identity.