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The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies

Beschreibung

Written by the world's leading scholars and researchers in sound studies, The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies offers new and engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms. The book considers sounds and music as experienced on the shop floor, in the laboratory, the clinic, the design studio, the home, and clubs, across a broad range of historical periods and national and cultural contexts.

Autor

Trevor Pinch is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University, and author or co-author of several books including Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer (2002, with Frank Trocco) and The Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology (1993, 1998, with Harry Collins). Karin Bijsterveld is Professor of Science, Technology and Modern Culture at Maastricht University. She is author of Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture and Public Problems of Noise in the Twentieth Century (2008), and co-editor of Sound Souvenirs: Audio Technologies, Memory and Cultural Practices (2009, with José van Dijck).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 610
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1037g
• ISBN-13: 9780199995813
• ISBN-10: 0199995818
• Artikelnr.: 37046546