Sound, Music, Affect Theorizing Sonic Experience

Sound, Music, Affect is not only about these three concepts, but also much more. It weaves together politics and aesthetics and smartly pitches a valuable contribution to the debates in current cultural theory. It gives us great case studies of why thinking through "meaning" is not sufficient--we also need to account for that regime of reality that makes our knees jerk, ears bleed, hands shake and mouths open into a shout. -- Dr Jussi Parikka, Winchester School of Art, UK and author of Insect Media (2010) and What is Media Archaeology? (2012) Endorsement We all know how powerfully we can be moved by music. But we still find it hard to describe just how music affects us; it's so much easier to analyze its forms, or to speculate on what it means. The essays in this book combine affect theory with sonic cultural studies, in order to discuss the ways that we feel music, and the social and political consequences of such feelings. -- Steven Shaviro, DeRoy Professor of English, Wayne State University, US Endorsement This collection of erudite, provocative essays is likely to become a classic. An indispensable introduction to the new modes of thought about music, sound and affect, it will move conversation about sound and music firmly into productive Deleuzian realms. -- Suzanne G. Cusick, New York University, US Endorsement