The Routledge Companion to Sound Studies by Bull, Michael;

Short description:

The Routledge Companion to Sound Studies provides both upper level students and researchers with a comparative and historically informed understanding of the workings of sound in culture, while also mapping potential future directions for research in the field.

Long description:

The Routledge Companion to Sound Studies is an extensive volume presenting a comparative and historically informed understanding of the workings of sound in culture, while also mapping potential future directions for research in the field. Experts from a variety of disciplines within sound studies cover such diverse topics as politics, gender, media, race, literature and sport. Individual sections that consider the importance of sound in an increasingly mediated world; the role that sound media play in the construction of experience; and the ways in which sound has been theorized to produce a distinctive sensory contribution to knowledge.

This wide-ranging and vibrant collection provides a rich resource for scholars and students of media and culture.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Sound Studies and the Art of Listening

1. Holger Schulze: Sound As Theory 1863 – 2014: From Hermann von Helmholtz to Salome Voeglin











2. Mark Grimshaw: What is Sound Studies?











3. David Howes: Embodiment and the Senses











4. Nina Sun Eidsheim: Multisensory Investigation of Sound, Body and Voice.











5. Neil Verma: The Return to Sound Aesthetics











6. Christabel Stirling: Sound, Affect, Politics










Section 2Introduction: Sonic Conflicts, Concepts and Culture












7. Richard Rath: Silence and Noise











8. Karin Bijsterveld: Sound Waves of Protest: Noise Abatement Movements











9. David Goodman: Propaganda and Sound











10. Alex Corey: Sounding Out Racial Difference











11. Marie Thompson: Gendered Sound











12. Amanda Cachia: Mapping Hearing Impairment: Sound/Tracks in the Corner Space











13. Jonathan Pieslak: Sound and terrorism: Exploring the World of the Islamic State










Section 3Introduction: Sonic Spaces and Places









14. John M. Picker: The Turning of a Word: Soundscape to Soundscapes











15. Tim Edensor: The Sonic Rhythms of Place











16. Bennett Hogg: Geographies of Silence











17. Meri Kyto: Public and Private Space: Sound Transformations











18. Yiu-Fai Chow: Diaspora as Method. Music as Hope










Section 4 Introduction: Sonic Skills: Finding, Recording and Researching.









19. Salome Voeglin: Technologies of Sound Art











20. Carolyn Birdsall: Found in Translation: Recording, Storing and Writing of sounds











21. Shannon Mattern: Sonic Archaeologies











22. Blake Durham: Curating Online Sounds











23. Tom Rice: Ethnographies of Sound











24. Frauke Berendt: Soundwalking











25. Paul Nataraj: Surface Tension: Sheena and Bowie’s ‘Station to Station’ as Palimpsest.










　





Section 5 Introduction: Technology, Culture and Sonic Experience.












26. Julian Henriques and Hillegonda C Rietveld: Echo











27. Thor Magnusson: Sound and Music in Networked Media











28. Louis Neibur: Ordinary and Avant-Garde Sound in British Radio’s Early Years.











29. Jacob Smith: Remastering the Recording Angel











30. Alex Russo: Radio Sound











31. Tom Artiss: Structures of Sonic feeling.











32. Cara Wallis: Gender and the Telephonic Voice.










Section 6 Introduction: Sound Connections









33. James Mansell: Ways of Hearing: Sound, Culture and History





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