Revealing The Musical Ecologies In Arundhati Roy’s The God Of Small Things

Abstract

Edward Said and Jonathan Sterne highlight the interconnectedness between the environment and human experience, highlighting the importance of the environment in human development and creativity. However, the portrayal of the environment as a resource often obscures its complexity and connection to marginalized populations. Listening serves as a missing piece between matter and human perception, enhancing our connection with the environment. Arundhati Roy’s novel, The God of Small Things, challenges colonialism and corporate globalization by transforming the human body into a responsive and intricately connected entity. Roy’s aural poetics critiques the supremacy of visual knowledge and semiotic ideologies that favor abstraction over tangible embodiment.