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The Gender of Sound

By Anne Carson

The Gender of Sound

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History is filled with unacceptable noises: high pitch, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts. Who makes them? Those deviant from or deficient in the masculine ideal of self-control: women, catamites, eunuchs and androgynes fall into this category. From the myths of antiquity to Margaret Thatcher via Sigmund Freud and Gertrude Stein, The Gender of Sound charts the gendering of voice through Western culture. This enquiry into the way we hear sounds invites reimagining our conceptions of human order, virtue and selfhood. Putting a door on the female mouth has been an important project of patriarchal culture from antiquity to the present day. Its chief tactic is an ideological association of female sound with monstrosity, disorder and death.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
48
Release Date:
2025-04-14
Publication Date:
2025-04-14
Publisher:
Silver Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1739371798
ISBN13:
9781739371791
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
46 g
Height:
11.5 cm
Width:
16 cm
Thickness:
1 cm
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