The Northern Silence
The Northern Silence

Author: Andrew Mellor

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2022-01-01

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0300254407

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An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape them Once considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors from Denmark and Finland dominate the British and American orchestral scene. Interest in the old masters Sibelius and Grieg is soaring and progressive pop artists like Björk continue to fascinate as much as they entertain. Andrew Mellor journeys to the heart of the Nordic cultural psyche. From Reykjavik to Rovaniemi, he examines the success of Nordic music's performers, the attitude of its audiences, and the sound of its composers past and present--celebrating along the way some of the most remarkable music ever written. Mellor peers into the dark side of the Scandinavian utopia, from xenophobia and alcoholism to parochialism and the twilight of the social democratic dream. Drawing on a range of genres and firsthand encounters, he reveals that our fascination with Nordic societies and our love for Nordic music might be more intertwined than first thought.

The Northern Silence
The Northern Silence

Author: Andrew Mellor

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2022-07-26

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0300265492

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An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape them Once considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors from Denmark and Finland dominate the British and American orchestral scene. Interest in the old masters Sibelius and Grieg is soaring and progressive pop artists like Björk continue to fascinate as much as they entertain. Andrew Mellor journeys to the heart of the Nordic cultural psyche. From Reykjavik to Rovaniemi, he examines the success of Nordic music’s performers, the attitude of its audiences, and the sound of its composers past and present—celebrating some of the most remarkable music ever written along the way. Mellor peers into the dark side of the Scandinavian utopia, from xenophobia and alcoholism to parochialism and the twilight of the social democratic dream. Drawing on a range of genres and firsthand encounters, he reveals that our fascination with Nordic societies and our love for Nordic music might be more intertwined than first thought.

The Silence of the North
The Silence of the North

Author: Olive A. Fredrickson

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781585741779

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East, a veteran outdoors writer, chronicles Fredrickson's incredible life of adventure in the Arctic wilderness--from the time she witnessed her mother's death at age nine through her marriage to a trapper to her desperate fight to survive after his death. Photos.

People of the Silence
People of the Silence

Author: Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1997-09-15

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 9780812515596

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In A.D. 1150, the Great Sun Chief of the Anasazi people learns that his wife has given birth to the child of another man, and now that daughter, Cornsilk, with the help of a young man named Poor Singer, must flee the wrath of the Great Sun Chief.

Silence
Silence

Author: Erling Kagge

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1524733245

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What is silence? Where can it be found? Why is it now more important than ever? In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book. an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, the silence within us, and the silence we must create. By recounting his own experiences and discussing the observations of poets, artists, and explorers, Kagge shows us why silence is essential to sanity and happiness—and how it can open doors to wonder and gratitude. (With full-color photographs throughout.)

Silence
Silence

Author: Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2005-12-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1782387498

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This book is about silence and power and how they interact. It argues that only by studying how silence works—how it is implicated in the construction of meaning—can we arrive at the elusive roots of power in all its dimensions. Silence becomes the currency of power by delineating the margins or what we perceive and through a sleight of hand wherein behaviors undertaken in the service of self-interest appear instead as inevitable and devoid of human agency. The theoretical load of this argument is carried by vivid ethnographic material dealing with music, linguistic behavior, racial conflicts, work dislocations, and the construction of anthropological subjects and texts.

A Time to Keep Silence
A Time to Keep Silence

Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor

Publisher: John Murray

Published: 2011-12-08

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1848547021

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From the French Abbey of St Wandrille to the abandoned and awesome Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia in Turkey, the celebrated travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings. In his occasional retreats, the peaceful solitude and the calm enchantment of the monasteries was passed on as a kind of 'supernatural windfall' which A Time to Keep Silence so effortlessly records.

Silence on the Mountain
Silence on the Mountain

Author: Daniel Wilkinson

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780822333685

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Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.

Chained in Silence
Chained in Silence

Author: Talitha L. LeFlouria

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2015-04-27

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1469622483

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In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this vivid work of history, Talitha L. LeFlouria draws from a rich array of primary sources to piece together the stories of these women, recounting what they endured in Georgia's prison system and what their labor accomplished. LeFlouria argues that African American women's presence within the convict lease and chain-gang systems of Georgia helped to modernize the South by creating a new and dynamic set of skills for black women. At the same time, female inmates struggled to resist physical and sexual exploitation and to preserve their human dignity within a hostile climate of terror. This revealing history redefines the social context of black women's lives and labor in the New South and allows their stories to be told for the first time.

The Zone of Silence
The Zone of Silence

Author: Gerry Hunt

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780380898060

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Describes an unusual area between Brownsville, Texas and the Baja California peninsula, that blocks radio signals, causes compasses to spin, is bombarded by meteorites on a regular basis, and produces bizarre plant and animal life