Everyday Music Listening

Absorption, Dissociation and Trancing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

AvRuth Herbert,UK) Herbert, Ruth (Open University

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In what ways does listening to music shape everyday perception? Is music particularly effective in promoting shifts in consciousness? Is there any difference perceptually between contemplating one's surroundings and experiencing a work of art? Everyday Music Listening is the first book to focus in depth on the detailed nature of music listening episodes as lived mental experiences. Ruth Herbert uses new empirical data to explore the psychological processes involved in everyday music listening scenarios, charting interactions between music, perceiver and environment in a diverse range of real-world contexts. Findings are integrated with insights from a broad range of literature, including consciousness studies and research into altered states of consciousness, as well as ideas from ethology and evolutionary psychology, suggesting that a psychobiological capacity for trancing is linked to the origins of making and receiving of art. The term 'trance' is not generally associated with music listening outside ethnomusicological studies of strong experiences, yet 'hypnotic-like' involvements in daily life have long been recognized by hypnotherapy researchers. The author argues that multiply distributed attention - prevalent in much contemporary listening- does not necessarily indicate superficial engagement. Music emerges as a particularly effective mediator of experience. Absorption and dissociation, as manifestations of trancing, are self-regulatory processes, often operating at the level of unconscious awareness, that support individuals' perceptions of psychological health. This fascinating study brings together research and theory from a wide range of fields to provide a new framework for understanding the phenomenology of music listening in a way that will appeal to both specialist academic audiences and a broad general readership.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-10-13
Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt589 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781409421252

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Kognitiv psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
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Ruth Herbert works on the subjective experience (phenomenology) of music in daily life, and the transformations of consciousness that may occur in conjunction with listening to and making music. Her extensive research interests also embrace music and wellbeing, music education, evolutionary psychology, ethology and performance psychology. Publications include book chapters and articles in both peer reviewed journals and specialist magazines. She currently works for the Open University, UK, and was formerly Head of Performance at Dartington College of Performing Arts. She has performed widely as a classical pianist and as a member of a diverse range of ensembles, notably recording soundtracks for two classic silent films.

A Note on the EvidenceIntroduction1. Music and Listening, Music and Consciousness 2. Conceptualizing Consciousness3. The Phenomenology of Everyday Music Listening Experiences4. Absorption, Dissociation and Trancing5. Musical and Non-Musical Trancing in Daily Life6. Imaginative Involvement7. Musical and Non-Musical Trancing: Similarities and Differences8. Experiencing Life and Art: Ethological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Transformations of Consciousness9. Everyday Music Listening Experiences Reframed.Bibliography Index

'This book deals with the evanescent and often-elusive topic of musical experience. It sets that topic in context of solid empirical research and reconsiders taken-for-granted distinctions between so-called "normal" and "pathological" forms of consciousness, showing us some of the ways that consciousness is musically framed. Everyday Music Listening proves that Music Studies can reach areas and problems inaccessible to other disciplinary modes of investigation. It will be required reading for music scholars, philosophers and clinical psychologists.' Tia DeNora, Exeter University, UK 'Everyday Music Listening is an important contribution to a growing body of work that aims to be descriptive - rather than prescriptive - in relation to listening in general, and everyday listening in particular. Anyone interested in this field, as well as phenomenological music psychology, should make it a priority to read this book.' Anahid Kassabian, University of Liverpool, UK 'A fascinating book ripe for further discussion.' Music Teacher 'To my mind, the greatest strengths of ’Everyday Music Listening’ are its rich resource of phenomenological material, and its fearless asking of the big questions concerning conscious experience... I look forward to the adoption and development of Herbert’s ideas within the field of involuntary musical imagery research, but also more broadly by scholars of music psychology, philosophy and sociology.' British Journal of Music Education 'This book opens up new horizons in the broader field of music and health: it provides a framework for understanding music listening by bringing together research and theory from a wide range of fields. I recommend it to everyone who is interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the subjective experience of music listening in everyday life, as well as the transformations of consciousness that may occur in conjunction with listening to (and making) music. This book can be a useful resource to academics a

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