The Language of Feeling Made into a Weapon: Music as an Instrument of Torture
Author(s):
Christian Grüny
Publication Year:
2012
Type:
book section
Journal/Book Title
Speaking about Torture
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Editor(s):
Julie A. Carlson
Elisabeth Weber
Pages:
205-217
Volume:
Issue:
Abstract:
For the last few years reports have surfaced that music has been used to torture prisoners. The chapter investigates this particular kind of no-touch torture and describes the kind of music that is most commonly used, the contexts of its use, and what exactly it is about music that makes this kind of practice possible. It argues that, besides the sheer force of its loudness, music's ability to engage our physical, emotional and mental capacities without the possibility of escape accounts for the devastating effect that music torture has on its victims.
Citation (Chicago Author-Date):
Grüny, Christian. 2012. “The Language of Feeling Made into a Weapon: Music as an Instrument of Torture.” In Speaking about Torture, edited by Julie A. Carlson and Elisabeth Weber, 205–17. New York: Fordham University Press. https://academic.oup.com/fordham-scholarship-online/book/20961/chapter-abstract/180491090?redirectedFrom=fulltext.