{"product_id":"the-gender-of-sound","title":"The Gender of Sound","description":"\u003cp\u003eHuman history is filled with unacceptable sounds: high-pitched voices, 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 all fall into this category. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the myths of antiquity to Margaret Thatcher via Sigmund Freud and Gertrude Stein, The Gender of Sound charts the gendering of sound in Western culture. Carson invites us to listen again, and in doing so to reimagine our conceptions of human order, virtue and selfhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePutting 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAnne Carson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublishers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpiral House \u003cbr\u003eSilver Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4.5 x 6 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eISBN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-7393717-9-1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48362394615978,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2426\/1089\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-31at4.24.56PM.png?v=1780259103","url":"https:\/\/shop.criticaldistance.ca\/products\/the-gender-of-sound","provider":"CDCC Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}