Full Product Details
Author: Steve Ferzacca
Publisher: NUS Press
Imprint: NUS Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.285kg
ISBN: 9789813251083
ISBN 10: 9813251085
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 30 October 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
“Sonic City plugs the gap for younger Singapore rock enthusiasts such as myself and throws the creative spurt of the 1990s into stark relief, making the latter era seem even more precious and fragile by revealing its place in a longer history of state policing and censorship.” -- Ken Kwek * Mekong Review * “[Ferzacca maps out the] emotionally charged vibrant, cosmopolitan acoustemological undercurrent circuits of the Straydogs in Sonic City.” -- Liew Kai Khiun * Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society * “Ferzacca’s sonic ethnography is well supported by scholarship on broader human relational capital.” -- Eugene Dairianathan * Anthropological Forum * “Sonic City is an enjoyable read and should appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike, including undergraduate students. Like Ferzacca, the reader gets drawn into the blues rock community and gains a good sense of the people involved, and their lives in music as well as in Singapore society.” * Asian Ethnology * “[This] is a dense yet engaging read on Singaporean musicians and Singapore’s blues and rock and roll scene in the 2010s… Overall, Sonic City is worth the read for anyone interested in blues and rock and roll. This book proves that these musical styles will hopefully not die out anytime soon, and their reach is felt far beyond the United States, even in a country that perceives the styles as 'noisy.' Any collection will be enriched by the resources provided by Ferzacca and his experiences in Singapore.” * Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal * “[Ferzacca’s] participation in the various activities associated with the Singaporean musicians allows him to present a nuanced portrayal of the various human and non-human factors that shape and give meaning to the act of making rock music…. Sonic City will appeal to scholars interested in the relationship between popular culture and the creation of identities in the age of globalization.” * Journal of Popular Culture *
Sonic City plugs the gap for younger Singapore rock enthusiasts such as myself and throws the creative spurt of the 1990s into stark relief, making the latter era seem even more precious and fragile by revealing its place in a longer history of state policing and censorship. -- Ken Kwek * Mekong Review *
Author Information
Steve Ferzacca is associate professor at the University of Lethbridge. He is the author of Healing the Modern in a Central Javanese City: Ethnographies in Medical Anthropology.
