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








34. Justin St Clair: Literature and Sound








35. Martyn Hudson: The Sociology of Sound








36. Ian Reyes: Popular Music as Sound and Listening








37. Tim Wall: Radio Sound








38. Ben Powis and Thomas F. Carter: Sporting sounds