The Political Force of Musical Beauty

by Barry Shank

Book Overview

In The Political Force of Musical Beauty, Barry Shank shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Rather than focusing on the ways in which music enables the circulation of political messages, he argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822356589
• ISBN13: 9780822356585
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"