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How to interpret identity, culture, and history in sound

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"Compelling and imaginative case studies--air-raid sirens, Warner Brothers cartoons, and clocks--ground this sonic investigation, but just as important is Goodale's work in interpreting sounds as opposed to merely placing them in a larger historical narrative. A major contribution to the study of music, communications, sound, and rhetoric."--John M. Picker, author of Victorian Soundscapes

"An important book."--IEEE Technology and Society Magazine



"Goodale's book helps us acquire a ... much-needed sonic literacy."--Technology and Culture


Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Reading Sound 1 2. Fitting Sounds 16 3. Machine Mouth 47 4. The Race of Sound 76 5. Sounds of War 106 6. On Sound Criticism 132 Notes 155 Index 183

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 31/03/2011
      ISBN13: 9780252036040, 978-0252036040
      ISBN10: 0252036042
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      Social and cultural anthropology Acoustic and sound engineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How to interpret identity, culture, and history in sound

      Trade Review
      "Compelling and imaginative case studies--air-raid sirens, Warner Brothers cartoons, and clocks--ground this sonic investigation, but just as important is Goodale's work in interpreting sounds as opposed to merely placing them in a larger historical narrative. A major contribution to the study of music, communications, sound, and rhetoric."--John M. Picker, author of Victorian Soundscapes

      "An important book."--IEEE Technology and Society Magazine



      "Goodale's book helps us acquire a ... much-needed sonic literacy."--Technology and Culture


      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Reading Sound 1 2. Fitting Sounds 16 3. Machine Mouth 47 4. The Race of Sound 76 5. Sounds of War 106 6. On Sound Criticism 132 Notes 155 Index 183

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