Sonic Histories of Occupation Experiencing Sound and Empire in a Global Context

This open access book examines how auditory environments in different contexts have contributed to understanding foreign occupation and colonialism, and how they have given rise to historical music cultures. How are sound and music implicated in the control and discipline of people under occupation?...

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Main Authors: Skelchy, Russell P., Taylor, Jeremy E.
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2022
Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:1
Subjects:
General and world history
History
History and Archaeology
Imperial and Colonial History
Imperial and Colonial History (History)
Military occupation > History
Music > Political aspects
Music > Political aspects > History
Sound > Political aspects
Sound > Political aspects > History
Sound Studies
Sound Studies (Music)
World History
World History (History)
ISBN:9781350232310, 1350232319, 9781350228085, 1350228087, 9781350228092, 1350228095
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - The vocal apparatus’ colonial contexts - The hush arbour as sanctuary - Music and sound in Weihsien Internment Camp in Japanese-occupied China - Occupying new sound worlds - Loud town, quiet base - Registering sonic histories in a multiply occupied place - The sonic occupation of Central Asia - Auditory and spatial regimes of US colonial rule in Baguio, Philippines - Soundscapes of diversity in the port cities of British Malaya