Bangkok Is Ringing: Sound, Protest, and Constraint by Benjamin Tausig (English)

Description: Bangkok Is Ringing by Benjamin Tausig Bangkok Is Ringing is an on-the-ground sound studies analysis of the political protests that transformed Thailand in 2010-11. Drawing on sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork with dissidents in Bangkok and beyond, the book analyzes how political dissidents must be sensitive to the ways that their sounding is constrained and channeled. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Bangkok Is Ringing is an on-the-ground sound studies analysis of the political protests that transformed Thailand in 2010-11. Bringing the reader through sixteen distinct "sonic niches" where dissidents used media to broadcast to both local and diffuse audiences, the book catalogues these mass protests in a way that few movements have ever been catalogued. The Red Shirt and Yellow Shirt protests that shook Thailand took place just before other internationalpolitical movements, including the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. Bangkok Is Ringing analyzes the Thai protests in comparison with these, seeking to understand the logic not only of political change inThailand, but across the globe. The book is attuned to sound in a great variety of forms. Author Benjamin Tausig traces the history and use in protest of specific media forms, including community radio, megaphones, CDs, and live concerts. The research took place over the course of sixteen months, and the author worked closely with musicians, concert promoters, activists, and rank-and-file protesters. The result is a detailed and sensitive ethnography that argues for anunderstanding of sound and political movements in tandem. In particular, it emphasizes the necessity of thinking through constraint as a fundamental condition of both political movements and the soundthat these movements produce. In order to produce political transformations, Bangkok Is Ringing argues, dissidents must be sensitive to the ways that their sounding is constrained and channeled. Author Biography Benjamin Tausig is assistant professor of music (ethnomusicology) at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on sound and political dissent in Southeast Asia and beyond. With training in ethnomusicology, sound studies, and anthropology, Tausig studies political conflict with an ear toward local practices of sounding and hearing. His work has appeared in journals including Social Text, Positions: Asia Critique, and Culture, Theory, andCritique. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION: On Sound, Protest Space, and ConstraintChapter 1 Completely Packed In Chapter 2 Red Sunday: Power and Connections Chapter 3 Atrocity Broadcasts Chapter 4 Wireless Road and the Ground of Modernity Chapter 5 Megaphone Singing Chapter 6 The Megaphonic Somsak Sangkaparicha Comes by His Goddamn Self Chapter 7 A Quiet Mourning: The Poetry of Dynamics Chapter 8 Whistles Chapter 9 Vehicular Stereo Systems Chapter 10 Developing Musical Economies I: CD Vendors Chapter 11 Developing Musical Economies II: Stage Musicians Chapter 12 Spontaneous Chants Chapter 13 Developing Musical Economies III: Mr. Bear Chapter 14 Surveillance Chapter 15 Outer Space Chapter 16 The Vanishing Point Conclusion: On Mediated Spatiality Bibliography LIST OF INTERVIEWS Review "Ben Tausigs gripping Bangkok Is Ringing is a vital resource for listening anew to the sounds of protest and power today." --Stefan Helmreich, Elting E. Morison Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Ben Tausig not only witnessed an unprecedented historical moment but ran with it, and he has transformed Thai music studies. He asks us to listen closely to the intimate workings of a massive Thai social movement. This is a once-in-a-generation book. This is sound studies with its feet on the ground." --Deborah Wong, Professor, Department of Music, University of California, Riverside Long Description Bangkok Is Ringing is an on-the-ground sound studies analysis of the political protests that transformed Thailand in 2010-11. Bringing the reader through sixteen distinct "sonic niches" where dissidents used media to broadcast to both local and diffuse audiences, the book mus18ethes these mass protests in a way that few movements have ever been catalogued. The Red Shirt and Yellow Shirt protests that shook Thailand took place just before other internationalpolitical movements, including the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. Bangkok Is Ringing analyzes the Thai protests in comparison with these, seeking to understand the logic not only of political change in Thailand, but across the globe.The book is attuned to sound in a great variety of forms. Author Benjamin Tausig traces the history and use in protest of specific media forms, including community radio, megaphones, CDs, and live concerts. The research took place over the course of sixteen months, and the author worked closely with musicians, concert promoters, activists, and rank-and-file protesters. The result is a detailed and sensitive ethnography that argues for an understanding of sound and political movements in tandem.In particular, it emphasizes the necessity of thinking through constraint as a fundamental condition of both political movements and the sound that these movements produce. In order to produce political transformations, Bangkok Is Ringing argues, dissidents must be sensitive to the ways that theirsounding is constrained and channeled. Review Text "Bangkok Is Ringing is an important contribution to sound studies and ethnomusicology as well as the ethnography of political movements. It will also serve as an important eyewitness account of the demonstrations of Red Sunday and as such will remain a valuable study for historians of Thai politics during this period." -- Nathan Prath, University of Southampton, Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde"Ben Tausigs gripping Bangkok Is Ringing is a vital resource for listening anew to the sounds of protest and power today." --Stefan Helmreich, Elting E. Morison Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Ben Tausig not only witnessed an unprecedented historical moment but ran with it, and he has transformed Thai music studies. He asks us to listen closely to the intimate workings of a massive Thai social movement. This is a once-in-a-generation book. This is sound studies with its feet on the ground." --Deborah Wong, Professor, Department of Music, University of California, Riverside Review Quote "Ben Tausigs gripping Bangkok Is Rising is a vital resource for listening anew to the sounds of protest and power today." --Stefan Helmreich, Elting E. Morison Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Ben Tausig not only witnessed an unprecedented historical moment but ran with it, and he has transformed Thai music studies. He asks us to listen closely to the intimate workings of a massive Thai social movement. This is a once-in-a-generation book. This is sound studies with its feet on the ground." --Deborah Wong, Professor, Department of Music, University of California, Riverside Feature Selling point: Draws on extensive, first-person ethnographic fieldwork (sixteen months in Thailand)Selling point: Combines ethnomusicological analysis with sound studies analysisSelling point: Its engagement with the non-West makes it nearly unique within sound studies Details ISBN0190847530 Pages 224 ISBN-10 0190847530 ISBN-13 9780190847531 Format Paperback Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Author Benjamin Tausig Year 2019 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Subtitle Sound, Protest, and Constraint Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 303.609593 Illustrations 25 color illus. Position Assistan Professor Affiliation Assistan Professor, Stony Brook Short Title Bangkok Is Ringing Language English Audience General/Trade Publication Date 2019-03-21 UK Release Date 2019-03-21 NZ Release Date 2019-03-21 US Release Date 2019-03-21 AU Release Date 2019-02-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131392363;

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