This paper defends the relevance of materials pertaining to auditory perception in the analysis of colonial and postcolonial texts. It considers the orientation of the subject in an acoustic domain ...and, through the work of Jacques Attali in particular, theorises the relation between dissonance and political dissidence as this distinction circulates in the social imaginary. Having suggested what is to be gained in analytical terms by analysing the relation between sound, place and identity, the argument proceeds to consider a specific instance: the representation of music and the configuration of 'noise' in the highly influential South African autobiography, Bloke Modisane's Blame Me on History (1963). A close reading of sections of the text demonstrates some of the ways in which literary acoustics sound out power relations and enable significantly different modes of the social, political and literary imaginary. The argument concludes, though, on a somewhat pessimistic note, suggesting ways in which theories of dissonant dissent can be complicit in the systems of meaning they are taken to oppose.
Thompson discusses an Australian Larrikin, an often used endearing reference to the Australian male and bears a striking resemblance to the Legend that emerged along with a local literature late in ...the nineteenth century. The word larrikin was used openly and frequently in relation to Australian media magnate Kerry Packer for the purpose of helpine the general public to forget that Packer had been an affluent businessman who live an oppulent lifestyle. Among others, Thompson talks about C.J. Dennis's novels, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke and The Moods of Ginger Mick.
U radu se analizira život i rad prvog slovenskog i hrvatskog pionira pokusa s balonima Matije Gregora Kraškoviča s posebnim osvrtom na njegove posljednje godine u Kotoru i Dubrovniku, gdje je radio ...kao okružni liječnik u 1820- tim godinama. Zajedno s njegovim dostignućima u zraku, opisani su i njegovi uspjesi na zemlji, posebno njegov rad u Kotoru i njegova ekspertiza o kemijskim uzrocima podzemnih detonacija pod otokom Mljetom. Instrumenti i knjige popisani u njegovom testamentu upotrijebljeni su za analizu njegovih znanstvenih ideja, a odnos prema sinu prikazuje Kraškoviča kao čovjeka sa svakidašnjim manama i vrlinama.
In Bloke Modisane's "Blame Me on History," he likens himself and other educated blacks to beggars dependent on charity. Modisane refers, by way of illustration, to his early short story "The Dignity ...of Begging."
When composing her folk-rock score to accompany The Sentimental Bloke, Jen Anderson considered the historical 'authenticity' of her style and instruments, as well as the celebrated 'Australian-ness' ...of this early silent film. Jeannette Delamoir writes that Anderson's score successfully allows today's audiences to experience the film in a way that would have been very similar to that of the film's original audiences.
When composing her folk-rock score to accompany The Sentimental Bloke, Jen Anderson considered the historical 'authenticity' of her style and instruments, as well as the celebrated 'Australian-ness' ...of this early silent film. Jeannette Delamoir writes that Anderson's score successfully allows today's audiences to experience the film in a way that would have been very similar to that of the film's original audiences.
