{"product_id":"music-of-absence-christine-dysers-9781399555807","title":"Music of Absence: An Aesthetics of Loss in the New Millennium","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays studies how music of the twenty-first century resonates with sentiments of despondency and loss in the context of the multiple existential crises of the time: climate change, political violence, financial crises, racial inequities and technological acceleration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigating musical expressions of absence across a wide variety of genres and philosophical approaches, the collection aims to stimulate an interdisciplinary conversation about music as an alternative mode of thinking at a time when established frames of reasoning are called into question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThemed sections engage with the multiplicity of emergent meanings that absence alludes to, opening new lines of inquiry into how music enacts new forms of being in the world and creates pathways to better futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Dysers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399555804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399555807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Christine Dysers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447039996159,"sku":"9781399555807","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cce6d1ac-7566-4131-891b-dccc93cdbc66.jpg?v=1777228405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/music-of-absence-christine-dysers-9781399555807","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}