Listening to the Sirens

Listening to the Sirens
Author: Judith Peraino
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0520215877

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Judith Perraino investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. Beginning with an examination of the mythology surrounding the Sirens, she goes on to consider musical creatures, gods, humans and music-addled listeners.