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»Resonant Alterities« bridges the gap between sound studies and literary criticism. A queer ghost story by Vernon Lee, an occultist novel of psychic adventure by Algernon Blackwood, a dystopian science fiction tale by J.G. Ballard and a post-traumatic short novel by Don DeLillo are its primary objects of analysis. Each is explored within the context of its contemporary cultural debates on sound. Meanwhile, all four theory-enriched readings focus on intersecting and desire-laden processes of meaning making, knowledge production and subject formation. Focal points are aurally/audio-visually structured phenomena expressive of both collective and individual anxieties. Besprochen in: The Chronicle, 01.05.2015

Literature; Culture; Theory; Sound; Perception; Vernon Lee; Algernon Blackwood; J.G. Ballard; Don DeLillo; British Studies; American Studies; General Literature Studies; Literary Studies; --- Algernon Blackwood. --- American Studies. --- British Studies. --- Culture. --- Don DeLillo. --- General Literature Studies. --- J.G. Ballard. --- Literary Studies. --- Perception. --- Sound. --- Theory. --- Vernon Lee.

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Body Image. --- Body image --- Body image. --- Corps humain dans l'art. --- Corps humain dans la littérature. --- Corps humain --- Deformierung --- Human body in literature. --- Human body --- Human figure in art. --- Image du corps --- Image du corps. --- Kunst. --- Körper --- Körper. --- Körperbild. --- Künste. --- Literatur. --- Soziologie. --- Social aspects. --- Aspect social. --- Deformierung --- Künste

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Sonic Interventions makes a compelling case for the importance of sound in theorizing literature, subjectivity and culture. Sound is usually understood as our second sense and – as our belief in a visually dominated culture prevails – remains of secondary interest. Western cultures are considered to be predominantly visual, while other societies are thought to place more importance on the acoustic dimension. This volume questions these assumptions by examining how sound differs from, and acts in relationship to, the visual. It moves beyond theoretical dichotomies (between the visual and the sonic, the oral and literature) and, instead, investigates sonic interventions in their often multi-faceted forms. The case studies deal with political appropriations of music and sounds, they explore the poetic use of the sonic in novels and plays, they develop theoretical concepts out of sonic phenomena, and pertain to identity formation and the practice of mixing in hip hop, opera and dancehall sessions. Ultimately, the book brings to the fore what roles sound may play for the formation of gendered identity, for the stabilization or questioning of race as a social category, and the conception of place. Their intricate interventions beckon critical attention and offer rich material for cultural analysis.

Anthropologie. --- Communication and culture. --- Geräusch. --- Literatur. --- Sound --- Visual communication. --- Social aspects. --- Graphic communication --- Imaginal communication --- Pictorial communication --- Acoustics --- Culture and communication --- Communication --- Continuum mechanics --- Mathematical physics --- Physics --- Pneumatics --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Culture