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Senses of vibration : a history of the pleasure and pain of sound / Shelley Trower.
Van Pelt Library BF353.5.N65 T76 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trower, Shelley, 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sound--Psychological aspects.
- Sound.
- Sound--Physiological effect.
- Vibration--Physiological effect.
- Vibration.
- Sound in literature.
- Sensory stimulation.
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, [2012]
- Summary:
- A pioneering study of the phenomenon of vibration and its history and reception through culture. >
- Contents:
- Introduction : hearing vibrations
- Nervous motions
- Psychophysical sensations and spiritual vibrations
- Wires, rays and radio waves
- Pathological motions : railway shock, street noises, earthquakes
- Sexual health : sewing machines, bicycle spine, the vibrator.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [193}-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781441161970
- 144116197X
- 9781441148636
- 1441148639
- OCLC:
- 657603272
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