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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Auflage | 2018 |
| Seiten | 128 |
| Format | 13,9 x 22,5 x 0,9 cm |
| Gewicht | 196 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | The Study of Sound |
| ISBN-10 | 1501324616 |
| EAN | 9781501324611 |
| Bestell-Nr | 50132461UA |
From a gentle and soothing voice that is personal and intimate to hums that are mystical, impersonal and maddening, this book provides an anthropology of the concept of humming through the discipline of sound studies.
Klappentext:
Humming is a ubiquitous and mundane act many of us perform. The fact that we often hum to ourselves, to family members, or to close friends suggests that humming is a personal, intimate act. It can also be a powerful way in which people open up to others and share collective memories. In religious settings such as Tibetan chanting, humming offers a mesmerising sonic experience. Then there are hums that resound regardless of human activity, such as the hums of impersonal objects and man-made or natural phenomena.The first sound studies book to explores the topic of humming, Humming offers a unique examination of the polarising categories of hums, from hums that are performed only to oneself, that are exercised in religious practice, that claim healing, and that resonate with our bodies, to hums that can drive people to madness, that emanate from cities and towns, and that resound in the universe. By acknowledging the quirkiness of hums within the established discourse in sound studies, Humming takes a truly interdisciplinary view on this familiar yet less-trodden sonic concept in sound studies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Preface1. \'My hums? . . . Just about hums?\' 2. The Secrecy of Humming 3. Hums of the OtherBibliography Index
Rezension:
Hmmm. Your lips are sealed and your mouth is closed, and yet you have a voice. Whence does it come? How can it be both sonorous and silent? By what means does it overflow a body that has turned in on itself? How can it hang in the air? This is not just a book about humming. Rather, Suk-Jun Kim uses the hum to penetrate the cracks in the very surface of existence. In so doing, he offers a profound meditation on the phenomena of language, voice and being. Tim Ingold, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, UK
