Books
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Theorizing Sound Writing (Music / Culture) Deborah Kapchan The study of listening–aurality–and its relation to writing is the subject of this eclectic edited volume. Theorizing Sound Writing explores the relationship between sound, theory, language, and inscription. This volume contains an…
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Beyond Unwanted Sound Marie Thompson Noise is so often a ‘stench in the ear’ – an unpleasant disturbance or an unwelcome distraction. But there is much more to noise than what greets the ear as unwanted sound. *Beyond Unwanted Sound…
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Sound, Media, Ecology (Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture) Milena Droumeva, Randolph Jordan This volume reads the global urban environment through mediated sonic practices to put a contemporary spin on acoustic ecology’s investigations at the intersection of space, cultures, technology, and…
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Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture (The MIT Press) Barry Blesser How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater. We experience spaces not only…
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Acoustic Territories, Second Edition: Sound Culture and Everyday Life Brandon LaBelle The revised edition of Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life offers an expansive reading of auditory life. It provides a careful consideration of the performative dynamics inherent to…
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Digital Sound Studies Mary Caton Lingold, Darren Mueller, Whitney Trettien The digital turn has created new opportunities for scholars across disciplines to use sound in their scholarship. This volume’s contributors provide a blueprint for making sound central to research, teaching,…