America and the Musical Unconscious

Music occupies a peculiar role in the field of American Studies. It is undoubtedly recognized as an important form of cultural production, yet the field continues to privilege textual and visual forms of art as its objects of examination. The essays collected in this volume seek to adjust this imbalance by placing music center stage while still acknowledging its connections to the fields of literary and visual studies that engage with the specifically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940813840
• ISBN13: 9781940813844
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Atropos Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"