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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…
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The Routledge Companion to Sound Studies (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions) Michael Bull 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…
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Hearing Southeast Asia: Sounds of Hierarchy and Power in Context (NIAS Studies in Asian Topics) There is no moment of our waking life in which we do not experience sounds or make sounds. The human body is a sound-making organism.…
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Sonic Color Line (Postmillennial Pop) Jennifer Stoever The unheard history of how race and racism are constructed from sound and maintained through the listening ear. Race is a visual phenomenon, the ability to see “difference.” At least that is what…