Ain’t That a Shame : Shame in General and Shame in Music

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titleAin’t That a Shame : Shame in General and Shame in Music
start_date2014/03/28
schedule11h-12h30
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location_infoPavillon Pasteur, salle du RdC
summaryThis essay falls clearly into two parts. In the first part I offer general observations on the nature of shame, contrasting it with some neighboring emotions and underlining its positive and negative aspects, and illustrating my observations with some examples, including one from William Styron's novel Sophie's Choice. In the second part of the paper I turn to the somewhat odd question of whether there are varieties of shame specific to music, and offer a simple taxonomy of such following the different roles involved in the musical situation, ending with a few possible examples of the musical expression of shame.
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