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Ottum, Joshua Accepted Dissertation 03-16-16 Sp16.pdf (8.98 MB)
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Anthropogenic Moods: American Functional Music and Environmental Imaginaries
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Ottum, Joshua J.
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Year and Degree
2016, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Interdisciplinary Arts (Fine Arts).
Abstract
This dissertation investigates how functional music, utilitarian commercial music composed to create moods, shapes environmental imaginaries in late twentieth- and early twenty-first century America. In particular, the study considers how functional music operates in specific media contexts to facilitate sonic identifications with the natural world that imbricate nature with modalities of contemporary capitalism. As humandriven changes to the planet have ushered in the Anthropocene, an investigation of the relationships between musical sound, moods, and environments will draw out the feelings and imaginaries of the era. In doing so, this study amplifies these attenuated sounds, aiming to open the conversation to new ways of listening in an age of increasing environmental fragility.
Committee
Marina Peterson (Advisor)
Michael Gillespie (Committee Member)
Harold Perkins (Committee Member)
Garrett Field (Committee Member)
Pages
260 p.
Subject Headings
Music
Keywords
sound studies
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musicology
;
environmental humanities
;
new age music
;
smooth jazz
;
vaporwave
;
petroculture
;
media studies
;
ecomusicology
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Ottum, J. J. (2016).
Anthropogenic Moods: American Functional Music and Environmental Imaginaries
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458123106
APA Style (7th edition)
Ottum, Joshua.
Anthropogenic Moods: American Functional Music and Environmental Imaginaries.
2016. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458123106.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Ottum, Joshua. "Anthropogenic Moods: American Functional Music and Environmental Imaginaries." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458123106
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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