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Roughly 46 minutes into Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Luke
Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3P0, and R2-D2 enter a Cantina noteworthy for the
variety of its denizens and the seediness of their dealings. The fictional space
punctuated by the first and only diegetic music of the film: it is bright, it is
lively, yet it signifies the criminality and dangerousness of the space in which
it sounds. ... read moreBut why do I hear steel pan? Why are Arp Synthesizer, and a horns
section playing swing music? Why are aliens with beady eyes and bald, pink scalps
the ones playing? To answer these queries, I examine the scene so to give a
phenomenology of audio-visual alterity, as it appears therein. Using semiotics,
theory of spectatorship, and visual allegory, I'll explain why elements of the
scene mean differently for different people (subjects), according to their unique
set of qualities and experiences.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2019.
Submitted to the Dept. of Music.
Advisor: Stephan Pennington.
Committee: Frank Lehman, and Alessandra Campana.
Keywords: Music, Film studies, and American
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