The Oxford handbook of sound studies /

Offers new perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms. Considers sounds and music as experienced in such diverse settings as shop floors, laboratories, clinics, design studios, homes, and clubs, across a broad range of historical periods and national and cultural co...

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Other Authors: Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961- (Editor), Pinch, Trevor, 1952- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford handbooks.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Offers new perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms. Considers sounds and music as experienced in such diverse settings as shop floors, laboratories, clinics, design studios, homes, and clubs, across a broad range of historical periods and national and cultural contexts. Discusses the rise of new public problems such as noise pollution, hearing loss, and the "end" of the amateur musician that stem from the spread and appropriation of new sound and music-related technologies, analog and digital, in many domains of life.
Item Description:"Print publication date: Dec. 2011"--Digital title page.
Pagination taken from print version.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([xii, 593] pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195388947.001.0001