{"product_id":"sound-museum-paperback","title":"Sound Museum - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePoupeh Missaghi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA combination of fiction and documentation, \u003ci\u003eSound Museum\u003c\/i\u003e fearlessly interrogates state-sanctioned violence and the psychology--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand banality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof evil. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Iran, a curator has gathered foreign journalists for a VIP tour of her latest creation. As the guests sit to listen to her initial remarks, she shares the struggles she's faced in bringing together this exhibition--especially the gender inequity she's battled for her entire career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the Sound Museum is no ordinary institution. It is a museum of torture, wrought from the audio recordings pulled from interrogation rooms and prison cells. And the curator--her unbroken monologue drifting through fieldwork examples, case studies, archives, philosophy, and dreams--is only too happy to share her part in this globe-spanning industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith sensuous and lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eSound Museum\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness while calling into question the act of witnessing, underlining complicities in systems of power and drawing the reader into the uncomfortable position of confronting one woman's psyche: evil, yet completely blind to her own depravity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoupeh Missaghi is a writer, editor, and translator (between English and Persian). Her debut novel \u003ci\u003etrans(re)lating house one\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2020 (Coffee House Press). Her translations include \u003ci\u003eI'll be Strong for You\u003c\/i\u003e by Nasim Marashi (Astra House, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eIn the Streets of Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e by Nila (Ithaka Press, 2023), as well as forthcoming \u003ci\u003eBoys of Love\u003c\/i\u003e by Ghazi Rabihavi (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024). She is currently an assistant professor of English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver, and a faculty mentor at the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, OR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.9 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261014950137,"sku":"9781566896993","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ashBz1hTd9781566896993.webp?v=1768792878","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sound-museum-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}