
Controlling Sounds
Music, Sound Technologies, War and Power in the Era of Fascisms
Brill Deutschland GmbH (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. August 2025
Book
Hardback
XXX, 216 pages
978-3-506-79820-6 (ISBN)
Description
Music and sound were pivotal yet frequently underestimated instruments of fascist propaganda, nationalist dominance, disciplinary control, terror, and violence, as well as forms of resistance during the interwar period and World War II. This volume brings together cross-disciplinary research by scholars from anglophone and European institutions, examining the use of sound for the enactment of political power across diverse regions in Europe, North America, and India. The chapters conceptualise music as a form of sound technology with an exceptional and adaptable propagandistic potential. They employ a variety of approaches that illuminate the political and propagandistic efforts of musicians - including composers, performers, critics, and music journalists - as well as sound technicians, mass media representatives, detention centres, political bodies, and more.
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Series
Edition
2025
Language
English
Place of publication
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill | Schöningh
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
20
15 s/w Abbildungen, 5 s/w Tabellen
20 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
582 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-506-79820-6 (9783506798206)
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Persons
Diego Alonso is Senior Researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Steffen Just is postdoc researcher at the University of Bonn (Musicology/Sound Studies).
Christian Koller is director of the Swiss Social Archives in Zurich and adjunct professor of Modern History at the University of Zurich.
Steffen Just is postdoc researcher at the University of Bonn (Musicology/Sound Studies).
Christian Koller is director of the Swiss Social Archives in Zurich and adjunct professor of Modern History at the University of Zurich.