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Laurie Anderson's Big science /

"Shimmering in maximal minimalism, joyful bleakness, and bodiless intimacy, Laurie Anderson's Big Science diagnosed crises of meaning, scale, and identity in 1982. Decades later, the challenging and strange questions it poses loom even larger: How do we remain human when our identities are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reed, S. Alexander (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Series:Oxford keynotes.
Subjects:
Anderson, Laurie, > 1947-. > Big Science.
Anderson, Laurie, > 1947- > Appreciation.
Anderson, Laurie, > 1947-
Electronic.
Genres & Styles.
MUSIC.
Pop Vocal.
Individual Composer & Musician.
Art appreciation
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half title
  • Series
  • Laurie Anderson's Big Science
  • Copyright
  • Series Editor's Introduction
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1: Finding the Now in Big Science
  • 2: Too Big to Fail
  • 3: Describing Side One
  • 4: Flipping the Record
  • 5: Describing Side Two
  • 6: New Music versus New Wave
  • 7: The Gendered Making of Ungendered Style
  • 8: Bigness as Usual
  • Postlude
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.