Sirens. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Bull.
• Authors: Bull, Michael, 1952-
• Contents: Siren BeginningsSounding Out the SirensSiren Traces1. Prolegomena to the Sirens2. Eclipsing the Acousmatic: The Story of the Sirens3. Sonic Sleepwalkers: Sirens Myths from Homer, to Bach, to Nancy Sinatra4. Remembering the Forgotten Sounds of Air-Raid Sirens: Charlie Hebdo, Dresden and Beyond5. Urban Sirens: 9/11, Dizzee Rascal and Varese6. Timing the Sirens: Kurt Vonnegut Meets Theodor Adorno7. Siren Spaces: A Different Colonization?8. Hearing the Sirens: A Tale of Sonic Exclusivity?9. Sirens for the Young: From Fénelon to Disney 10. Kafka's Sirens and the Story of Silencing11. Sonic Aftermaths: Sirens and Stormy Daniels12. Sonic Fallibility: Kittler's SirensAfterword: Let's Sing Another Song Boys. This One Has Grown Old and Bitter (Leonard Cohen)NotesBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 398.45; Sirens (Mythology); Sirens (Signaling devices); Mythology, Greek
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501305023
• Related ISBNs: 9781501305016
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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