Michael B Silvers
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 154949 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael B Silvers |
| PRENOMES | Michael B |
| SOBRENOME | Silvers |
| ASSINATURA | SILVERS M B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California System |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0675-5765 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Attending to the Nightingale
Posthumanism, now in the mainstream of the humanities and humanistic social sciences, poses a challenge to ethnomusicology, a discipline inherently focused on the human and social aspects of music. Drawing from a survey of birds in the ethnomusicological scholarship and the author's research on music and birds in Brazil, this article proposes an approach to ethnomusicology that emphasizes nonhuman factors and their own properties and effects as a…
These C*cksucking Tears
Book Review| July 01 2019 These C*cksucking Tears These C*cksucking Tears. Directed by Dan Taberski. Produced by Dan Taberski and Christy Lamb. Cinematography by Damon Hoydysh. Edited by David Mehlman. Music by Patrick Haggerty. In English. Web, color, 15 mins. 2016. https://vimeo.com/186421525. Michael B. Silvers Michael B. Silvers University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicolo…
Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX
Book Review| February 01 2016 Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX. Salwa Castelo-Branco, ed. 2010. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores/Temas e Debates. 4 volumes, xxxiv, 1,455 pp., photographs, bibliographies, discographies, works lists, tables, indices, 2 CDs. Michael B. Silvers Michael B. Silvers Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicology (2016) 60 (1): 181–182.…
Birdsong and a Song about a Bird
The mid-twentieth century songs of popular singer Luiz Gonzaga include lyrics about northeastern Brazil's traditional ecological knowledge. For individuals who predict rain and drought based on natural patterns in the region's semi-arid backlands, Gonzaga's music continues to lend credibility, clarity, and local significance to the practice known as rain prophecy. Through cultural history, lyrical and musical analysis, and ethnography, this artic…
Maracatunaíma musical semiotics, the Northeastern imaginary and the sound of Fortaleza
This article argues that Eletrocactus, a rock band based in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, attempts to construct a new regional imaginary by citing pre-existing musical signs of their city, state and nation while also creating new musical vocabularies. In doing so, they participate in various discourses concerning local, regional and national identity. For the members of the band, their music generates feelings of self-recognition and promotes the pre…
Birdsong and a Song about a Bird
The mid-twentieth century songs of popular singer Luiz Gonzaga include lyrics about northeastern Brazil's traditional ecological knowledge. For individuals who predict rain and drought based on natural patterns in the region's semi-arid backlands, Gonzaga's music continues to lend credibility, clarity, and local significance to the practice known as rain prophecy. Through cultural history, lyrical and musical analysis, and ethnography, this artic…
Attending to the Nightingale
Posthumanism, now in the mainstream of the humanities and humanistic social sciences, poses a challenge to ethnomusicology, a discipline inherently focused on the human and social aspects of music. Drawing from a survey of birds in the ethnomusicological scholarship and the author's research on music and birds in Brazil, this article proposes an approach to ethnomusicology that emphasizes nonhuman factors and their own properties and effects as a…
Maracatunaíma musical semiotics, the Northeastern imaginary and the sound of Fortaleza
This article argues that Eletrocactus, a rock band based in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, attempts to construct a new regional imaginary by citing pre-existing musical signs of their city, state and nation while also creating new musical vocabularies. In doing so, they participate in various discourses concerning local, regional and national identity. For the members of the band, their music generates feelings of self-recognition and promotes the pre…
Birdsong and a Song about a Bird
The mid-twentieth century songs of popular singer Luiz Gonzaga include lyrics about northeastern Brazil's traditional ecological knowledge. For individuals who predict rain and drought based on natural patterns in the region's semi-arid backlands, Gonzaga's music continues to lend credibility, clarity, and local significance to the practice known as rain prophecy. Through cultural history, lyrical and musical analysis, and ethnography, this artic…
Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX
Book Review| February 01 2016 Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX. Salwa Castelo-Branco, ed. 2010. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores/Temas e Debates. 4 volumes, xxxiv, 1,455 pp., photographs, bibliographies, discographies, works lists, tables, indices, 2 CDs. Michael B. Silvers Michael B. Silvers Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicology (2016) 60 (1): 181–182.…
These C*cksucking Tears
Book Review| July 01 2019 These C*cksucking Tears These C*cksucking Tears. Directed by Dan Taberski. Produced by Dan Taberski and Christy Lamb. Cinematography by Damon Hoydysh. Edited by David Mehlman. Music by Patrick Haggerty. In English. Web, color, 15 mins. 2016. https://vimeo.com/186421525. Michael B. Silvers Michael B. Silvers University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicolo…
Attending to the Nightingale
Posthumanism, now in the mainstream of the humanities and humanistic social sciences, poses a challenge to ethnomusicology, a discipline inherently focused on the human and social aspects of music. Drawing from a survey of birds in the ethnomusicological scholarship and the author's research on music and birds in Brazil, this article proposes an approach to ethnomusicology that emphasizes nonhuman factors and their own properties and effects as a…
Art (5 obras) · Musical (5 obras) · Visual arts (4 obras) · Art history (3 obras) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 obras) · Ethnomusicology (3 obras) · Music History and Culture (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Archaeology (2 obras) · Citation (2 obras)