{"product_id":"beyond-unwanted-sound-marie-thompson-9781501313301","title":"Beyond Unwanted Sound: Noise, Affect and Aesthetic Moralism","description":"Noise is so often a 'stench in the ear' - an unpleasant disturbance or an unwelcome distraction. But there is much more to noise than what greets the ear as unwanted sound. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Unwanted Sound \u003c\/i\u003eis about noise and how we talk about it. Weaving together affect theory with cybernetics, media histories, acoustic ecology, geo-politics, sonic art practices and a range of noises, Marie Thompson critiques both the conservative politics of silence and transgressive poetics of noise music, each of which position noise as a negative phenomenon. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Unwanted Sound \u003c\/i\u003einstead aims to account for a broader spectrum of noise, ranging from the exceptional to the banal; the overwhelming to the inaudible; and the destructive to the generative. What connects these various and variable manifestations of noise is not negativity but affectivity. Building on the Spinozist assertion that to exist is to be affected, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Unwanted Sound \u003c\/i\u003easserts that to exist is to be affected by noise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501313304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501313301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Marie Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935195103487,"sku":"9781501313301","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_650d1684-6004-43be-aab0-89386503335d.jpg?v=1681418408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-unwanted-sound-marie-thompson-9781501313301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}