Subjectivity and theConstruction ofEmotion in theMusic ofBjörk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3174802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Dibben (0000-0002-9250-5035, University of Sheffield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 171-197 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0262-5245 • E-ISSN: 1468-2249 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2249.2006.00237.x |
| OpenAlex | W2032086764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 13 |
A commonly held reception theory for popular song is that it constitutes an expression of emotional experience belonging either to the performer(s), to the listener, or to a virtual third person. Drawing on the belief that music is capable of affording subject positions on behalf of its listeners, the present article argues that organised sound is not only capable of representing or embodying a pre-existent affective experience, but that it contributes uniquely to the idea of what emotion is and of how it is perceived. In this respect music can be understood as participating in the cultural construction of feeling that has helped to shape the identity of the modern Western subject. Two tracks by Björk are presented as case study illustrations of this thesis: 'Unison' (Vespertine2001) and the music video 'Jóga' (Volumen1999). Thus Björk's music, along with the discursive media surrounding it, is shown to rely upon a distinctive expressive vocabulary aimed at communicating a particular kind of embodied subjectivity
Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Feeling · Identity (music · Linguistics · Subject (documents · Subjectivity · Unison · World Wide Web · Communication · Computer Science · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
Embodied Subjectivities in the Lyrical and Musical Expression of PJ Harvey and Björk
A Review of Music and Emotion Studies
Structuring subjectivity
Natural Metaphors
Music After Volcanic Eruptions
Performative Processes
Weaving “Eroticism, Cosmology, and Politics” in Early Female Technopop
Naturalizing Male Authority and the Power of the Producer
Popular Song and the Poetics of Experience
The screams all sound the same
Formulating a Revised Taxonomy for Modes of Listening
Moving past the feeling
Harmonic Stasis and Oscillation in Björk's Medúlla
Private words, public emotions
The stadium in your bedroom
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |