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The Sounds of Early Cinema (Early Cinema in Review: Proceedings of Domitor) Richard Abel & Charles F. Altman The Sounds of Early Cinema is devoted exclusively to a little-known, yet absolutely crucial phenomenon: the ubiquitous presence of sound in early cinema. “Silent cinema” may rarely…
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The Fundamentals of Sonic Art and Sound Design Tony Gibbs Sound is all around. In movies. On TV. On the radio. Now the idea that sound can be an artistic medium in its own right is shaking the art world. Written by an authority in…
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The Sounds of Star Wars J. W. Rinzler Any Star Wars fan can mimic Darth Vader’s voice or Chewbacca’s roar with ease. But how many of them would be able to identify the lion’s roar used in the sound of the Millenium Falcon’s engine? In…
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The Sound Studies Reader Jonathan Sterne The Sound Studies Reader blends recent work that self-consciously describes itself as ‘sound studies’ along with earlier and lesser-known scholarship on sound from across the humanities and social sciences. The Sound Studies Reader touches on key themes like noise…
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Listening, Thinking, Being: Toward an Ethics of Attunement Lisbeth Lipari Although listening is central to human interaction, its importance is often ignored. In the rush to speak and be heard, it is easy to neglect listening and disregard its significance as a way of being…
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An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing: Sixth Edition Brian Moore Now available in a sixth edition, An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing is theleading textbook in the field of auditory perception, also known as psychoacoustics. *This title was originally published by Emerald with…
