{"product_id":"the-gender-of-sound","title":"The Gender of Sound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory is filled with unacceptable noises: high pitch, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts. Who makes them? Those deviant from or deficient in the masculine ideal of self-control: women, catamites, eunuchs and androgynes fall into this category. From the myths of antiquity to Margaret Thatcher via Sigmund Freud and Gertrude Stein, \u003cem\u003eThe Gender of Sound\u003c\/em\u003e charts the gendering of voice through Western culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis enquiry into the way we hear sounds invites reimagining our conceptions of human order, virtue and selfhood. Putting a door on the female mouth has been an important project of patriarchal culture from antiquity to the present day. Its chief tactic is an ideological association of female sound with monstrosity, disorder and death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Small paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Silver Press\u003cbr\u003ePages: 48\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1739371798\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781739371791\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anne Carson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51611569225994,"sku":null,"price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781739371791.jpg?v=1754648032","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-gender-of-sound","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}