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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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The Sonic Episteme: Acoustic Resonance, Neoliberalism, and Biopolitics Robin James In The Sonic Episteme Robin James examines how twenty-first-century conceptions of sound as acoustic resonance shape notions of the social world, personhood, and materiality in ways that support white supremacist…
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Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance (Goldsmiths Press / Sonics Series (1)) Brandon LaBelle A timely exploration of whether sound and listening can be the basis of political change. In a world dominated by the visual, could contemporary…
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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…