In this Book
- Animal Musicalities: Birds, Beasts, and Evolutionary Listening
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
- Series: Music Culture
summary
Over the past century and a half, the voices and bodies of animals have been used by scientists and music experts as a benchmark for measures of natural difference. Animal Musicalities traces music's taxonomies from Darwin to digital bird guides to show how animal song has become the starting point for enduring evaluations of species, races, and cultures. By examining the influential efforts made by a small group of men and women to define human diversity in relation to animal voices, this book raises profound questions about the creation of modern human identity, and the foundations of modern humanism.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-14
- PERSONHOOD
- pp. 15-16
- IDENTITY, DIFFERENCE, AND KNOWLEDGE
- pp. 39-40
- FOUR Songs on the Dissecting Table
- pp. 84-106
- FIVE Postmodern Humanity
- pp. 109-124
- SIX Listening for Objectivity
- pp. 125-145
- SEVEN The Rose Garden
- pp. 146-167
- Conclusion: The Animanities
- pp. 168-182
- Bibliography
- pp. 229-252
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- pp. 267-268
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819578082
Related ISBN(s)
9780819578068
MARC Record
OCLC
1027733446
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2018-05-15
Language
English
Open Access
No