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Hearing cultures essays on sound, listening, and modernity

Vision is typically treated as the defining sense of the modern era and a powerful vehicle for colonial and postcolonial domination. This is in marked contrast to the almost total absence of accounts of hearing in larger cultural processes. Hearing C ultures is a timely examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense - from the intersection of sound and modernity, through to the relationship between audio-technological advances and issues of personal and urba n space. As cultures and communities grapple with the massive changes wrought by modernization and.

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  • "'Hearing Cultures' is an examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense - from the intersection of sound and modernity through to the relationship between audio-technological advances and issues of personal and urban space."
  • "Presents an important approach to understanding our world. This book answers questions such as: Did people in Shakespeare's time hear differently from us? Why do people in Egypt increasingly listen to taped religious sermons? It shows how sound offers a refreshing lens through which to examine culture and complex social issues."
  • "Vision is typically treated as the defining sense of the modern era and a powerful vehicle for colonial and postcolonial domination. This is in marked contrast to the almost total absence of accounts of hearing in larger cultural processes. Hearing C ultures is a timely examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense - from the intersection of sound and modernity, through to the relationship between audio-technological advances and issues of personal and urba n space. As cultures and communities grapple with the massive changes wrought by modernization and."@en
  • "Hearing Cultures is an examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense. It answers such intriguing questions as: Did people in Shakespeare's time hear differently from us? In what way does technology affect our ears? Why do people in Egypt increasingly listen to taped religious sermons? Why did Enlightenment doctors believe that music was an essential cure? What happens acoustically in cross-cultural first encounters? The ear, as much as the eye, nose, mouth and hand, defines experience. This book shows how sound offers a new lens through which to examine culture and complex social issues."@en
  • "Hearing Cultures is an examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense. It answers such intriguing questions as: Did people in Shakespeare's time hear differently from us? In what way does technology affect our ears? Why do people in Egypt increasingly listen to taped religious sermons? Why did Enlightenment doctors believe that music was an essential cure? What happens acoustically in cross-cultural first encounters? The ear, as much as the eye, nose, mouth and hand, defines experience. This book shows how sound offers a new lens through which to examine culture and complex social issues."

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  • "Cross-cultural studies"
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  • "Conference papers and proceedings"
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  • "Congresverslag"
  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Electronic resource"
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  • "Hearing Cultures"
  • "Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening and Modernity"
  • "Hearing cultures : essays on sound, listening and modernity"
  • "Hearing cultures"
  • "Hearing cultures : essays on sound, listening, and modernity ; [essays ... gathered in a symposium held on 24-28 April 2002 in Oaxaca, Mexico]"
  • "Hearing cultures essays on sound, listening, and modernity"@en
  • "Hearing cultures essays on sound, listening, and modernity"
  • "Hearing cultures : essays on sound, listening, and modernity"@en
  • "Hearing cultures : essays on sound, listening, and modernity"