Performing Pain

by Maria Cizmic

Time after time, people turn to music when coping with traumatic life events. Music can help process emotions, interpret memories, and create a sense of collective identity. In Performing Pain, author Maria Cizmic focuses on the late 20th century in Eastern Europe as she uncovers music's relationships to trauma and grief. The 1970s and 1980s witnessed a cultural preoccupation in this region with the meanings of historical suffering, particularly surrounding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199734607
• ISBN13: 9780199734603
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"