Introduction. Cosmologies of dark feminine soundings -- Rewiring love-sick text and listening for the presence of the dark lady -- At the frozen borderline of a music lover's discourse : The dark white voice -- Open to the demonic : A sonic articulation of desire -- The black hole song of unsounding mothers -- Becoming-shadow thing, becoming-witch : Chelsea Wolfe's heavy mourning dirge -- Abject virtuosa, darkened virtuosity : Diamanda Galás and swarms of power -- Conclusion. Of the refrain : Is the future dark?
Summary
"This book examines the concept of 'dark sound', a strand of contemporary music that links the ideas of death, desire and violence with women's and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher
