Resounding International Relations: On Music, Culture, and Politics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403967558)

This book explores a provocative area of inquiry for critical theory and research into world politics and popular culture: music. Not just because political science barely engages with anything musical, but also because it is clear that many opportunities for critical scholarship and reflection on global politics and economics are present in the spaces and relationships created by organized sound. It is easy to focus on the textual elements of music, but there is more at stake than just the words. Critical reflection on the intersections between music and politics also need to take into account the visceral and non-verbal elements such as counterpoint and harmony, polyphony and dissonance, noise, rhymes, rhythms, performance and the visual/aural dimensions to music-making.

Author: M. I. Franklin
ISBN-10: 1403967555
ISBN-13: 9781403967558
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2005
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.10d