Author: eme isaza
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Sonic Fiction (The Study of Sound) Holger Schulze Sonic fiction is everywhere: in conversations about vernacular culture, in music videos, sound art compositions and on record sleeves, in everyday encounters with sonic experiences and in every single piece of writing…
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Lipsynching (The Study of Sound) Merrie Snell What does it mean when a singing voice is detached from an originating body through recording? And how does this affect consumers of recorded song? This book examines the practice of lipsynching to…
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Sirens (The Study of Sound) Michael Bull Sirens are sounds that confront us in daily life, from the sounds of police cars and fire engines to, less often, tornado warnings. Ideologies of sirens embody the protective, the seductive and the…
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Humming (The Study of Sound) Suk-Jun Kim Humming is a ubiquitous and mundane act many of us perform. The fact that we often hum to ourselves, to family members, or to close friends suggests that humming is a personal, intimate…
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The Powers of Sound and Song in Early Modern Paris (Perspectives on Sensory History) Nicholas Hammond The long and spectacular reign of Louis XIV of France is typically described in overwhelmingly visual terms. In this book, Nicholas Hammond takes a…
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Sound at the Edge of Perception: The Aural Minutiae of Sand and other Worldly Murmurings (Palgrave Studies in Sound) Seán Street This book is about the tiny sounds of the world, and listening to them, the minute signals that are…