Lorraine Plourde
Biographic Data
| ID | 665333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorraine Plourde |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorraine |
| FAMILY NAME | Plourde |
| SIGNATURE | PLOURDE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purchase College |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-2410-9128 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sonic air-conditioning
Muzak is what musique concrète composer Pierre Schaeffer referred to as “acousmatic sound” – sound we hear without seeing its source. Muzak’s presence in public space is particularly relevant in Japan, a country often critiqued or celebrated as a “sound saturated society” where background music is engineered to a spectacular degree. BGM, as Muzak is referred to in Japanese, is simultaneously unnoticed, dismissed, ironically appreciated, and, more…
Babymetal and the ambivalence of cuteness
This article examines the recent emergence of the genre of ‘cute metal’ through the Japanese teen girl group Babymetal. Drawing on Sianne Ngai’s theories of cuteness, I explore notions of cuteness on two levels: Babymetal’s cute, and at times childish, vision of metal that evokes cuteness’s intertwining with violence and aggressiveness and the critical, yet ambivalent, reception of Babymetal by some in the global metal community as inauthentic or…
Cat Cafés, Affective Labor, and the Healing Boom in Japan
This article examines the Japanese cat café boom, which peaked in 2009 yet remains a significant retail phenomenon throughout Japan, and in particular Tokyo. How do humans encounter animals in contemporary Japan, not as private owners and companions, but as consumers seeking direct, sensory engagement with cats at a moment of profound social and economic anxieties? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Tokyo, this article examines how ca…
Babylon East
Disciplined Listening in Tokyo
Research Article| April 01 2008 Disciplined Listening in Tokyo: Onkyō and Non-Intentional Sounds Lorraine Plourde Lorraine Plourde Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicology (2008) 52 (2): 270–295. https://doi.org/10.2307/20174589 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Lorraine Plourde; Disciplined Listening in Tokyo: Onkyō and Non-Intentional Sounds . Ethn…
Cat Cafés, Affective Labor, and the Healing Boom in Japan
This article examines the Japanese cat café boom, which peaked in 2009 yet remains a significant retail phenomenon throughout Japan, and in particular Tokyo. How do humans encounter animals in contemporary Japan, not as private owners and companions, but as consumers seeking direct, sensory engagement with cats at a moment of profound social and economic anxieties? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Tokyo, this article examines how ca…
Disciplined Listening in Tokyo
Research Article| April 01 2008 Disciplined Listening in Tokyo: Onkyō and Non-Intentional Sounds Lorraine Plourde Lorraine Plourde Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicology (2008) 52 (2): 270–295. https://doi.org/10.2307/20174589 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Lorraine Plourde; Disciplined Listening in Tokyo: Onkyō and Non-Intentional Sounds . Ethn…
Sonic air-conditioning
Muzak is what musique concrète composer Pierre Schaeffer referred to as “acousmatic sound” – sound we hear without seeing its source. Muzak’s presence in public space is particularly relevant in Japan, a country often critiqued or celebrated as a “sound saturated society” where background music is engineered to a spectacular degree. BGM, as Muzak is referred to in Japanese, is simultaneously unnoticed, dismissed, ironically appreciated, and, more…
Babymetal and the ambivalence of cuteness
This article examines the recent emergence of the genre of ‘cute metal’ through the Japanese teen girl group Babymetal. Drawing on Sianne Ngai’s theories of cuteness, I explore notions of cuteness on two levels: Babymetal’s cute, and at times childish, vision of metal that evokes cuteness’s intertwining with violence and aggressiveness and the critical, yet ambivalent, reception of Babymetal by some in the global metal community as inauthentic or…
Disciplined Listening in Tokyo
Research Article| April 01 2008 Disciplined Listening in Tokyo: Onkyō and Non-Intentional Sounds Lorraine Plourde Lorraine Plourde Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnomusicology (2008) 52 (2): 270–295. https://doi.org/10.2307/20174589 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Lorraine Plourde; Disciplined Listening in Tokyo: Onkyō and Non-Intentional Sounds . Ethn…
Babylon East
Cat Cafés, Affective Labor, and the Healing Boom in Japan
This article examines the Japanese cat café boom, which peaked in 2009 yet remains a significant retail phenomenon throughout Japan, and in particular Tokyo. How do humans encounter animals in contemporary Japan, not as private owners and companions, but as consumers seeking direct, sensory engagement with cats at a moment of profound social and economic anxieties? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Tokyo, this article examines how ca…
Babymetal and the ambivalence of cuteness
This article examines the recent emergence of the genre of ‘cute metal’ through the Japanese teen girl group Babymetal. Drawing on Sianne Ngai’s theories of cuteness, I explore notions of cuteness on two levels: Babymetal’s cute, and at times childish, vision of metal that evokes cuteness’s intertwining with violence and aggressiveness and the critical, yet ambivalent, reception of Babymetal by some in the global metal community as inauthentic or…
Sonic air-conditioning
Muzak is what musique concrète composer Pierre Schaeffer referred to as “acousmatic sound” – sound we hear without seeing its source. Muzak’s presence in public space is particularly relevant in Japan, a country often critiqued or celebrated as a “sound saturated society” where background music is engineered to a spectacular degree. BGM, as Muzak is referred to in Japanese, is simultaneously unnoticed, dismissed, ironically appreciated, and, more…
Art (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works)