Listening to the Sirens

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Listening to the Sirens is written by Judith Ann Peraino and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1598755846 (ISBN 10) and 9781598755848 (ISBN 13).

In this fresh and innovative study, Judith A. Peraino investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. Beginning with a close examination of the mythology surrounding the sirens-whose music seduced Ulysses into a state of mind in which he would gladly sacrifice everything for the illicit pleasures promised in their song-Peraino goes on to consider the musical creatures, musical gods and demigods, musical humans, and music-addled listeners who have been associated with behavior that breaches social conventions. She deftly employs a sop.