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How does the constant presence of music in modern life - on iPods, in shops and elevators, on television - affect the way we listen? In this title, the author investigates many sounds that surround us and argues that this ubiquity has led to different kinds of listening.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Ubiquitous Listening 2. Listening to Video Art and the Problem of Too Many Homelands 3. The Sound of a New Film Form 4. Musicals Hit the Small Screen: Attention, Listening, and TV Musical Episodes 5. Improvising Diasporan Identities: Armenian Jazz 6. Would You Like Some World Music with Your Latte?: Starbucks, Putumayo, and Distributed Tourism Conclusion Works Cited Notes Index

Ubiquitous Listening

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 1 March 2013
      ISBN-13 9780520275164
      978-0520275164
      ISBN-10 0520275160

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How does the constant presence of music in modern life - on iPods, in shops and elevators, on television - affect the way we listen? In this title, the author investigates many sounds that surround us and argues that this ubiquity has led to different kinds of listening.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Ubiquitous Listening 2. Listening to Video Art and the Problem of Too Many Homelands 3. The Sound of a New Film Form 4. Musicals Hit the Small Screen: Attention, Listening, and TV Musical Episodes 5. Improvising Diasporan Identities: Armenian Jazz 6. Would You Like Some World Music with Your Latte?: Starbucks, Putumayo, and Distributed Tourism Conclusion Works Cited Notes Index

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