Annoying Music in Everyday Life (Hardcover)

Just as music has the power to inspire, it has the power to irritate and enrage. Why does certain music annoy us? Why does it force us to leave rooms, invade our personal space and affect us on a visceral level? Based on more than 70 interviews, this book discusses the everyday challenges of living together with unwanted music. It examines issues of taste, individual rights, private and public spaces, violence and the law. The interviews explore various relationships with forced listening and the behaviors that result. Interviewees talk about emotions and reactions to the nuisance caused by music, highlighting matters of otherness, individualism and rights. They discuss experiences with neighbors, at stores, on the street, while commuting and even in their homes - and reveal the complex social interactions mediated by music and sounds in our day-to-day lives.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Alternate Takes: Critical Responses to Popular Music
Release date:	July 2020
Authors:	Felipe Trotta (Associate Professor)
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-5013-6063-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-5013-6063-9
Barcode:	9781501360633

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