Aurality - Listening and Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Colombia

Ana María Ochoa Gautier is Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University. She is the author of several books in Spanish.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. The Ear and the Voice in the Lettered City's Geophysical History 1

1. On Howls and Pitches 31

2. On Popular Song 77

3. On the Ethnographic Ear 123

4. On Vocal Immunity 165

Epilogue. The Oral in the Aural 207

Notes 215

References 231

Index 252

About the author

Ana María Ochoa Gautier

Summary

Ochoa Gautier's groundbreaking book draws primarily from nineteenth-century Colombian sources to explore how listening has been central to the production of notions of language, music, voice, and sound.

Product details

• Authors: Ana María Ochoa Gautier, Ana Mar Ochoa Gautier, Ana Maria Ochoa Gautier, Ana María Ochoa Gautier
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9780822357360
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5736-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Sign, Storage, Transmission; Sign, Storage, Transmission
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)