The Gender of Sound The big nada soms springerig als de droomlogica

soms springerig als de droomlogica zelf

” a sentiment that crests in the book’s title poem before alighting

the instructions of angels

ritual-based poetics

The Gender of Sound The big nada soms springerig als de droomlogicaAnne Carson History is filled with unacceptable noises: high pitch, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts. Who makes them? Those deviant from or deficient in the masculine ideal of self control: women, catamites, eunuchs and androgynes fall into this category. From the myths of antiquity to Margaret Thatcher via Sigmund Freud and Gertrude Stein, The Gender of Sound charts the gendering of voice through Western culture. This