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The Gender of Sound
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Gender of Sound af Anne Carson, 9781739371791
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
48
ISBN-13:
9781739371791
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1739371798
Udg. Dato:
14 apr 2025
Størrelse i cm:
11,3 x 16,0 x 0,6
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
14 apr 2025
Forfatter(e):
Paperback 2025
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History is filled with unacceptable noises: high pitch, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts. Who makes them? Those deviant from or deficient in the masculine ideal of self-control: women, catamites, eunuchs and androgynes fall into this category.

From the myths of antiquity to Margaret Thatcher via Sigmund Freud and Gertrude Stein, The Gender of Sound charts the gendering of voice through Western culture. This enquiry into the way we hear sounds invites reimagining our conceptions of human order, virtue and selfhood.

Putting a door on the female mouth has been an important project of patriarchal culture from antiquity to the present day. Its chief tactic is an ideological association of female sound with monstrosity, disorder and death.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
48
ISBN-13:
9781739371791
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1739371798
Udg. Dato:
14 apr 2025
Størrelse i cm:
11,3 x 16,0 x 0,6
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
14 apr 2025
Forfatter(e):
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