Includes bibliographical references, discographies, filmographies, and index.
Cover; Theorizing Sound Writing; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; The Splash of Icarus: Theorizing Sound Writing/Writing Sound Theory; PART ONE WRITING SOUND THEORY; 1. Musicology, Performativity, Acoustemology; 2. Acoustic Palimpsests; 3. Writing the Magnified Musicking Moment; PART TWO MEMOIR AND METAPHOR AS METHOD; 4. Listening to Resonant Words; 5. Sound Commitments: Extraordinary Stories; 6. Traffic Patterns; 7. In My Solitude: Jazz Song as "Sound Writing"; PART THREE THEORIZING SOUND WRITING; 8. Women Out Loud: Religious Performance in Islamic Indonesia.
9. "Where the Transcendent Breaks into Time": Toward a Theology of Sound in Afro-Cuban Regla de Ochá10. Almost Imperceptible Rhythms and Stuff Like That: The Power of Affect in Live Performance; PART FOUR LISTENING AND WITNESS; 11. Deadly Soundscapes: Scripts of Lethal Force and Lo-Fi Death; 12. Listening Acts: Witnessing the Pain (and Praise) of Others; Afterword: Sound Properties of the Written Word; About the Contributors; Index.
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An eclectic and experimental exploration of sound from the vantage point of writing.