Sound Studies Reader
Sound Studies Reader The Sound Studies Reader blends recent work that self-consciously describes itself as 'sound studies' along with earlier and lesser-known scholarship on sound from across the…
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Sound Studies Reader
The Sound Studies Reader blends recent work that self-consciously describes itself as 'sound studies' along with earlier and lesser-known scholarship on sound from across the humanities and social sciences. Writers reflect on crucial historical moments, difficult definitions, and competing accounts of the role of sound in culture and everyday life. The Sound Studies Reader touches on key themes like noise and silence; architecture, acoustics and space; media and reproducibility; listening, voices and disability; culture, community, power and difference; and shifts in the form and meaning of sound across cultures, contexts and centuries.
Across the essays, readers will gain a sense of the range and history of key debates and discussions in sound studies.The collection begins with an introduction to welcome novice readers to the field and acquaint them the