Sensing voice materiality and the lived body in singing and listening

Senses and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-155

  Eidsheim, Nina Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body and listening; Feminist philosophy; Voice; Water acoustics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958045473     PISSN: 17458927     EISSN: 17458935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/174589311X12961584845729     Document Type: Article

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