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Author:   Tala Jarjour, PhD
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780190635268

ISBN 10:   0190635266
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   28 June 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface Telling history in motion Dismantled machinery Illusive empowerment Part One Modes of Thinking Chapter I Emotion and the Aesthetic [Snapshot] Emotion and the Economy of Aesthetics The emotional economy of aesthetics A living music Central marginality Music complexity Mode as metaphor Understanding through imagination A dynamic outlook on method [Snapshot] A scholarship of emotion Discursive subjectivities Scholar(ship) and subject(s) Situationality as liminality Aestheticizing the emotional Chapter II Edessan Christians in Hayy al-Suryan Unique sounds, against historic odds Syriac liturgy and theology Modern Christianity with ancient roots Begging pardon: Shubqono Forty times ""Forty Bows"" Early asceticism for modern worshippers Body, voice, and gendered spaces Part Two Modes of Knowledge Chapter III Eight Old Syriac Modes Definitions and tools Conventional European tools Local tools Music book and ontological value Written Sources ""The Ethicon"" and ""The Pearls"" Suryani musicology ""Tableau sans ombres"" Re-shifting focus Chapter IV Chant As Local Knowledge Contested modality A monastic perspective Music knowledge and Hayy al-Suryan Transcription Theoretical issues Local challenges Handwriting tradition Knowledge, modality, and influences Part Three Modes of Value Chapter V Suryaniness Ethnic spirituality Place/space and Urfa/Edessa Language Sound originality Sacred texts Sacred melodies Chapter VI Performing Value The Washing of the Feet Building up sadness Chapter VII Authority Performing authority [Snapshot] Value, one morning, and a camera Voicing authority Performative complexity Part Four Modalities of Song and Emotion Chapter VIII Hasho Huzn as religious aesthetic Hasho, a Syriac term Canonic sadness Aestheticized emotionality By the cross Hasho, the mode Epilogue Non-Conclusions Glossary References"

Reviews

Sense and Sadness is little short of path-breaking: in addition to filling a major gap in the scholarship, it pushes the boundaries of current thinking about musical mode, affect, community, and ritual in the Middle East region. * Jonathan H. Shannon, Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College * At once singular and universal, Sense and Sadness is a story of rare power, told with compelling force. A riveting exploration of a musical tradition rarely treated in scholarship - thought-provoking, compelling, and urgent. * Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Professor of Religion and History, Brown University *

Author Information

Tala Jarjour's academic work focuses on music and religion, especially in contexts related to the Middle East. She wrote her PhD as a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge, and is currently Visiting Fellow at Yale University.

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